till
preposition
up to the time of; until.
tills
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present tense formof till (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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She starves herself for her cause, crosses oceans and tills land to create the utopia that she believes is possible.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025
Now store clerks don't know what to do when their tills are bare and someone needs change in pennies from a cash purchase.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
His family tills 3,400 acres of soybeans, corn and other crops.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
A tractor tills farmland in Cantua Creek, near the site where a massive solar and battery project is planned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025
A poor farmer who tills the nuns’ field, his three hollow-eyed children, and a guest, a traveling scholar, round out the company.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
