Example Sentences

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These wild species often have useful genes that make them resistant to pests and pathogens that the agriculturally bred species have lost.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The world’s endowment of hydrocarbons is all but limitless, including unimaginable quantities of methane hydrates, not to mention that hydrocarbons can also be grown agriculturally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

If he used the land agriculturally, he’d be allowed to store equipment there and stave off the string of fines.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

“You’ve got that many people that are going hungry, or having a really hard time accessing fresh, local food, yet this is an agriculturally rich area, and it’s like, how is that possible?”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023

These and other discoveries add details, which continue to fascinate me, to our understanding of how agriculture’s rise triggered the rise of agriculturally based complex societies in the ancient world.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond