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as in ranch
open land over which livestock may roam and feed horses grazing in a fenced pasture

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verb

as in to graze
to feed on grass or herbs pasturing sheep on town lands was actually a cheaper alternative to mowing

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Recent Examples of pasture
Noun
While the two were building a barn on her property, a pasture nearby went up for sale. Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025 Multiple scenes stand out, such as one before the storm arrives, when Munir stands in a pasture being stared down by a herd of cattle whose tense wariness heightens the man’s sense of being an outsider. Jay D. Weissberg, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
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Lastly, any boss who would rather put older employees out to pasture than benefit from their experience, is going to have a rude awakening in a few years. R Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2024 This is when the wranglers round up the thundering herd of horses to bring them into the ranch for trail rides during the day and take them back out to pasture in the evening. Gwen Pratesi, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pasture
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Noun
  • Back at the Dutton ranch, Jacob and Jack (Darren Man) are assembling some sort of contraption that could pass for a torture tool.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The ranch, near the village of Teuchitlán, was raided last September by Mexican authorities who failed to find or reveal the discovery of human remains.
    Brie Stimson, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Inspired by clean textiles grazing bare skin, the scent was made for lounging in crisp white sheets.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The bullet grazed the victim’s head, and the shooter ran away.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Under interim coach Jeff Ulbrich, the Jets were 28th in points (26.6) and 18th in yards allowed per game (337.9).
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Having bird feeders in your yard can give you a firsthand look at the amazing creatures that make our ecosystems function with ease.
    Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
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  • Meanwhile, many of the same people were evicted from their houses as landowners used the crisis to clear off these human encumbrances and free their fields for more profitable pasturage.
    Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Here in rural Somalia, where about 50% of the people depend on animals for their livelihoods, the locusts are eating the pasturage.
    NBC News, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2020
Noun
  • The acquisition expands the Lakewood Forest Preserve, the largest in the county with more than 2,900 acres of trails, woodlands, prairies, wetlands and lakes according to a county press release.
    Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
  • In revealing how the prairie was consumed by colonization and agricultural practices time has proven detrimental, Smarsh’s piece is equal parts fascinating history and ecology lesson.
    Longreads, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024

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“Pasture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasture. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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