agriculture

Example Sentences

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The Portuguese, he writes, were by the 17th century the first colonial power to grasp the financial potential in basing industrialized agriculture on mass slavery abetted by the seizure of conquered land.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Barbed wire served as a symbol of violence and oppression, but also of agriculture, cultivation and survival.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration said it’s not possible to completely prevent lead from entering the food supply, but it may be possible to reduce the levels through changes to agriculture or manufacturing processes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Used to mark the changing seasons, the names typically relate to significant events in nature and agriculture.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

We’d invited all the White House chefs to help us, along with Tom Vilsack, Barack’s secretary of agriculture.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama