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Examples of farmer in a Sentence
My uncle has been a farmer for 60 years.
a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations
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Pros: Point blank, Noem is a woman, and in particular, a woman who comes from a Christian family of farmers.
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Jeongyoon Han, NPR, 6 June 2024
Dairy cows with avian flu have died or been slaughtered by farmers after not recovering , Reuters reporting found.
—Michael Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 June 2024
Among them is the play’s protagonist, Cephus Miles, a North Carolina farmer who winds up in a big city a lot like New York after spending five years in prison.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Widespread reluctance on the part of farmers to allow scientists — government or otherwise — onto their premises to study spread of the virus among infected cows has created a frustrating lack of understanding of the dynamics of this outbreak.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 5 June 2024
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Jeongyoon Han, NPR, 6 June 2024
Dairy cows with avian flu have died or been slaughtered by farmers after not recovering , Reuters reporting found.
—Michael Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 June 2024
Among them is the play’s protagonist, Cephus Miles, a North Carolina farmer who winds up in a big city a lot like New York after spending five years in prison.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Widespread reluctance on the part of farmers to allow scientists — government or otherwise — onto their premises to study spread of the virus among infected cows has created a frustrating lack of understanding of the dynamics of this outbreak.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 5 June 2024
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“Farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farmer. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
farmer
noun
farm·er
ˈfär-mər 
: a person who cultivates land or crops or raises animals
Biographical Definition
Farmer 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
Far·mer
ˈfär-mər
Fannie Merritt 1857–1915 American cookery expert
Farmer
2 of 2biographical name (2)
James Leonard 1920–1999 American civil rights leader
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