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Adjective
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Nowhere is the dream of pastoral harmony regained through scientific knowledge more beautifully realized than in Boucher’s nocturne of a cherub, telescope in hand, contemplating the moon.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025 -
The album version shifts from what could at first be mistaken for a pastoral, pleasant crooner about country life into a four-alarm fire, crackling with impatient riffs by the first refrain, when horns pile insistently on top of each other only to strip back, again, to an orchestral piano hymn.—
Shana Naomi Krochmal,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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The center, which is the home of the National Western Sock Show, has been under redevelopment since 2019 as the city and several partners expand the facility into a year-round exhibition, agricultural education and entertainment campus.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2025
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The local government and group representatives believe the move would put Wyandotte County at the epicenter of agricultural education and events and bring millions in revenue annually.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
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In an effort to pay respect to its bucolic surroundings, the building operates on renewable energy with a geothermal system and over 4,100 solar panels.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
17 Apr. 2025
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Cape Town is now serviced by three nonstop flights from the U.S. Popular day trips from the city include seeing the bucolic wineries of Stellenbosch, the African penguin colony in Simon’s Town, and the Big Five at Aquila Game Reserve.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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What is the economy based on? Under Snow White’s parents’ rule, everything seemed like an agrarian paradise, a loosely medieval kingdom where everyone is always eating fruit and/or pies and/or fruit pies.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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The descendants of those celebrations, listed below in chronological order for the year, honor agrarian histories and promote unique regional foods, with pop concerts, giant anthropomorphic vegetables, and eating contests.—
Naomi Tomky,
AFAR Media,
3 Apr. 2025
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Boosting agriculture Angola imports over half of its food and currently only 10% of arable land is cultivated.—
Tom Page,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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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.—
Sal Gilbertie,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Pastoralist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastoralist. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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