arable
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We call the deep, folded valleys of West Dorset “coombes,” a topography often too steep for tractors; too awkward to be given over to large-scale arable farming.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Irma was one of Chávez’s direct beneficiaries; she received a parcel of arable land which she cultivated with her brother.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
Harold's Park Wildland is a 509-acre nature reserve in Waltham Abbey, in Essex, but it has proved unsuccessful as arable farmland and as a Christmas tree plantation.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
The DRC has nearly 80 million hectares of arable land and four million hectares of irrigable land.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
Its swaths of deep brush and arable land made it great for farming but less appealing for honeymoons and hedonism.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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