as in until
up to (a particular time)
We studied till four in the morning, which didn't exactly make us alert for the test the next day.
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Recent Examples of till
Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
Prep the planting spot by tilling the soil to a depth of 10 to 12 inches.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Feb. 2025
The spirit of the original forty-niners who tilled the land lives on in those still digging for riches in the California soil.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
The mass cultivation of crops that are specially bred to grow larger roots—a concept being tested on a small scale right now—along with farming methods that avoid tilling the soil, could store huge amounts of carbon dioxide as underground biomass for several decades or longer.
—Inês Azevedo, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
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Prepare the site by tilling your soil several inches deep to mix the layers and disperse possible pest problems.
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In Azerbaijan, the pomegranate is not only cultivated across 25,000 hectares of orchards, but celebrated in annual festivals, etched into frescoes, and lovingly folded into everything from savory stews to syrupy preserves.—
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An investigation into Fuji Media revealed that the group’s TV network cultivated a culture of power imbalance and harassment.—
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Girls worked in kitchens and sewed; boys farmed, did carpentry, and practiced blacksmithing.—
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Carbon dating and analysis of a rock shelter in Honduras shows humans were eating avocados as long as 11,000 years ago, and began actively farming their trees as early as 7,500 years ago.—
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Now the physicist and tech entrepreneur is focused on chocolate — not from cacao harvested in tropical climates more suited to the plant, but from cacao grown right here in Southern California.—
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Sheep, pigs, and cattle grazed under the trees and harvested their own fodder—a practice known as silvopasture, derived from Latin and meaning forest feeding.—
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They were planted around a century ago, when the circus tycoon John Ringling and his wife, Mable, took up residence in their sprawling new winter estate in Sarasota, Florida.—
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James’ timber and forestry operation, based in New Brunswick, has planted more than a billion trees since 1957.—
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Research suggests that a low-fiber diet and other food sensitivities tend to trigger constipation in IBS-C.8 Risk Factors Some factors may make developing this digestive disorder more likely.—
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Jha highlighted that in the absence of any strict contractual prohibitions mentioned in the licensing agreements between the streamer and creator, platforms tend to exercise their own editorial discretion.—
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“Till.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/till. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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