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Recent Examples of cattleman
In 1998, a jury in Amarillo, Texas, rejected an $11 million lawsuit brought by Texas cattlemen who blamed Oprah Winfrey’s talk show for a price fall after a segment on food safety that included a discussion about mad cow disease.
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The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024
This fact made the community a target of local white cattleman William Hale.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2024
Seated at the end of Mule Alley, the 200-room property takes the area’s history and spirit of the West (the name nods to the cattlemen and women who brought the Longhorns to market) and expertly weaves it into its interior design and amenities.
—Lydia Mansel, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2023
Western lawmakers aren’t eager to pick fights with the powerful cattlemen in their state.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 3 June 2024
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The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024
This fact made the community a target of local white cattleman William Hale.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2024
Seated at the end of Mule Alley, the 200-room property takes the area’s history and spirit of the West (the name nods to the cattlemen and women who brought the Longhorns to market) and expertly weaves it into its interior design and amenities.
—Lydia Mansel, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2023
Western lawmakers aren’t eager to pick fights with the powerful cattlemen in their state.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 3 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cattleman
Noun
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Houston Tye Hinton, resident stockman at the Anchor 7 Cattle Growers Association, is winding down after a long day of branding cattle.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2025
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Just as Darwin cultivated stockmen and pigeon breeders for their familiarity with the mysterious laws of inheritance, biologists interested in rattlesnakes have beaten a path to Martin’s door.—
Thomas Palmer,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
Noun
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However, there was significant pushback to the initiative from ranchers and farmers who feared that wolves would eat their livestock.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Some of the most outspoken critics have been ranchers, who’ve already lost dozens of animals to the predators, and big-game hunters and outfitters, who worry about the effects those wolves will have on deer and elk populations.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Santa Anita Handicap is no longer a must-attend event for horsemen nationally.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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Every horseman with a racing stable, breeding farm or training center operates a small business.—
Mark Casse,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In addition to loving dogs, the Queen was an avid horsewoman, and her beloved fell pony Emma — whom the Queen rode into her nineties — stood on the grounds of Windsor Castle as Her late Majesty’s coffin made its final journey to St. George’s Chapel.—
Rachel Burchfield,
Peoplemag,
19 Sep. 2024
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Mary Gaylord McClean Located at the entrance to the Shelbyville Fairgrounds, Mary Gaylord McClean is a champion American Saddlebred show horsewoman.—
Stephanie Kuzydym,
The Courier-Journal,
22 July 2024
Noun
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Masud was celebrated as the literary voice of greater Arabia’s nomadic herdsmen—proud sons of the desert, a noble caste of unhurried sybarites not known for their religious orthodoxy.—
Nell Zink,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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Unlike the Islamic extremists that staged the Chibok kidnappings, the deadly criminal gangs terrorizing villages in northwestern Nigeria are mostly former herdsmen who were in conflict with farming host communities, according to authorities.—
Chinedu Asadu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Apr. 2024
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“Cattleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cattleman. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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