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Recent Examples of arable
Brazil has immense amounts of arable and potentially arable land, much of which, in today’s environmentally conscious world, will thankfully come from the conversion of sub-par pastureland rather than the destruction of rainforest.
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Sal Gilbertie, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Successive generations of Colonists along the Eastern Seaboard had to compete with each other, and with Indigenous people, for resources, arable land and trade.
—G. Patrick O'Brien, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
Ukraine’s geography has given it highly arable land because of the river systems that bring alluvial deposits to its plains.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Other northerly territories will likely undergo similar changes to those in Canada and Russia: Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the U.S. state of Alaska will all have a growing base of arable land in the coming decades.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
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Sal Gilbertie, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Successive generations of Colonists along the Eastern Seaboard had to compete with each other, and with Indigenous people, for resources, arable land and trade.
—G. Patrick O'Brien, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
Ukraine’s geography has given it highly arable land because of the river systems that bring alluvial deposits to its plains.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Other northerly territories will likely undergo similar changes to those in Canada and Russia: Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the U.S. state of Alaska will all have a growing base of arable land in the coming decades.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arable
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Whether municipal or agricultural, these types of adaptive reuse projects are proving that with enough vision—and the patience to go through the planning approvals—no building is too utilitarian to become a striking residence.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
5 June 2025
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In the meantime, researchers including Perry, Richardson, and Hayes think pesticides are dangerous enough that people should take precautions—but especially young kids, people who are pregnant, those who live close to farms, agricultural workers, and seniors.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
5 June 2025
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In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, steamships and telegraphs accelerated the process as the Industrial Revolution transformed agrarian economies.—
Robert O. Keohane,
Foreign Affairs,
2 June 2025
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Some see it as a way to modernize and generate jobs in this developing country, while others see it as an end to their way of life as an agrarian economy.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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“Arable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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