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Recent Examples of pasture
Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026
The fires scorched some ranchers’ pastures and federal grazing allotments.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Some honored veterans will soon be let out to pasture.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 19 July 2025
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Noun
Wild antelope prance freely while bison lazily graze in pastures.
—Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026
The fires scorched some ranchers’ pastures and federal grazing allotments.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
Hence their motivation to send Powell out to pasture—save billions in interest payments and take control of the bond market.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Some honored veterans will soon be let out to pasture.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasture
Noun
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The property, near Saguaro National Park East, offers villas that are perfect for bigger groups, as well as four Conestoga wagons with pillow-top beds, air conditioning and access to the ranch’s amenities.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
27 Apr. 2026
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According to his sister La Toya Jackson in her 2011 book Starting Over, the ranch served to recapture the typical childhood that the singer never got to live out.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Located in the idyllic region of Ripollès, the ramparts of castle Llaés look out upon both the Pyrenees and bucolic hillsides where goats graze.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2026
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Then graze your way through Reading Terminal Market and its 75-plus vendors before charging up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Two nights earlier in Pittsburgh, in a game to decide the AFC North, the Ravens had appeared headed for the playoffs thanks to Jackson’s late heroics before rookie Tyler Loop sprayed a 44-yard field goal attempt on the final play.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Already ongoing for days ahead of the visit, discussions about handling security intensified after a heavily armed man sprinted through security and got yards away from the banquet hall crowded with about 2,000 journalists, federal officials and celebrities before he was tackled to the ground.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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How bison help native Fort Worth lands Fort Worth is losing up to 50 acres of prairie per week, according to Mayor Mattie Parker’s Good Natured Greenspace Initiative.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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Beginning in late January and into February, male prairie-chickens begin to gather in low grass to start this elaborate courtship display.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Pasture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasture. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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