agriculture
noun
the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming.
agricultural
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a word derived from
agriculture.
Example Sentences
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Further testing will be necessary to establish whether these modified defenses work effectively in whole plants and under agricultural conditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
"I have weekly breakfasts, we have a tent at events like agricultural fairs," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
On Thursday, Arias said at a City Council meeting that the timing of the arrests was “not a coincidence” because it is harvest season in Fresno, a major agricultural hub.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
The toll the war is taking has been acutely felt by US agricultural states, which rely heavily on diesel to operate farming machinery and to transport their products to market.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Moreover, most people in agricultural and industrial societies lived in dense, unhygienic permanent settlements—ideal hotbeds for disease.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
