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Recent Examples of rancher
Breed behavior, grazing density, and different terrains pose a challenge for the technology, to achieve a universal platform that works for every rancher.
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Jake Angelo, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
He’s been performing at the historic blues joint Eli’s Mile High Club in recent years, but the rancher is better known as the former president of the Oakland Black Cowboy Association.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
Costner anchored the show from its 2018 debut, playing the powerful Montana rancher fighting to protect his family’s land, a role that helped turn the series into a cultural phenomenon and reshape interest in Western living.
—Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026
Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Phil, a spiteful rancher who torments his brother's (Jesse Plemons) new wife (Kirsten Dunst) and her sensitive teenage son, Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee), against the backdrop of 1920s Montana.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
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Jake Angelo, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
He’s been performing at the historic blues joint Eli’s Mile High Club in recent years, but the rancher is better known as the former president of the Oakland Black Cowboy Association.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
Costner anchored the show from its 2018 debut, playing the powerful Montana rancher fighting to protect his family’s land, a role that helped turn the series into a cultural phenomenon and reshape interest in Western living.
—Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026
Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Phil, a spiteful rancher who torments his brother's (Jesse Plemons) new wife (Kirsten Dunst) and her sensitive teenage son, Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee), against the backdrop of 1920s Montana.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rancher
Noun
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The vigilantes who hanged her were self-serving cattlemen.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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The conservation plan continues the longstanding arrangement that lets local cattlemen use ranch pastures for winter grazing.—
John Burnett,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Roosevelt observes that the cougars of his time are docile and timid, terrified of the rifle-bearing ranchman who had come to dominate their homelands.—
Declan Leary,
National Review,
12 Sep. 2019
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This once summer residence of the Marquis de Mores—an Old West frontier ranchman—and his family includes many of their original furnishings.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian,
6 June 2019
Noun
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The stockman rolls on narrow 21/18-inch spoked enduro wheels.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Jan. 2026
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Environmental groups such as the Western Watersheds Project as well as local stockmen’s associations are quick to litigate changes to permits.—
Mark Olalde,
ProPublica,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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When cities buy water rights from rural areas and let the fields go fallow, the land does not automatically return to the shortgrass prairie encountered by 19th-century homesteaders or the Native Americans before them.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
7 Apr. 2026
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For homesteaders taking an incremental, DIY approach, hoop houses and mini greenhouses are great entry points.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The six horsemen follow upstairs, to the upper floors, into the apartment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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The horsemen hoped to develop alternative options during the extension of racing at Golden Gate Fields that previously had been canceled.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Rancher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rancher. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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