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as in to graze
to feed on grass or herbs cows foraging in the pasture

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forage

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noun

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Caper and Katherine are northern tree shrews, small mammals native to Southeast Asian forests who spend their days foraging for fruit and insects, according to Potter Park Zoo. Rhiannon Saegert, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025 Her hands-on background and fascinations involve outdoor cooking, foraging, and stewarding gardens. Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 6 Feb. 2025
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The property’s food and beverage team forage for many of their ingredients. Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 In order to diversify the crops in the area, Foote said, at their economic urging, farmers in the area are producing more forages for the feedlot. Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forage
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  • As Senators sipped diet sodas and grazed on sandwiches, the Kentucky lawmaker went through a slide deck with charts and statistics in service of a bold proposal: come out against President Trump’s tariffs.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Memphis first responders at the house where a man said he was grazed by a bullet after his dog’s paw got stuck in the trigger.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
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  • From the coaches’ offices, where there’s a live camera feed from the floor, Mulkey and Starkey watched as the team ran a perfect walkthrough.
    Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • More: Immigrant women describe 'hell on earth' in ICE detention The government could use AI to identify objects or persons of interest by sifting through satellite images and other data feeds, much like the Defense Department can do on the battlefield, said two sources familiar with the initiative.
    Marisa Taylor and Jeffrey Dastin, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
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  • Her love for the brand has sent her on a hunt for its characters, including travelling to Singapore for just 24 hours in hopes of finding a limited edition or waiting four hours in the rain in Taiwan just to come away with one collectible.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The update will also include a repeatable hunt for Wilds' final story monster, Zoh Shia, which was previously only fought once just before the credits rolled.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
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  • Some wondered if this was simply Google's way of putting the decade-old device out to pasture.
    Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Jimmi Simpson, in a rare recurring Western role, plays Solomon’s boss, Tom Simpson, a disgraced banker put out to pasture at the Tokyo branch.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Electricity cables buzz overhead and the smell of silage from a nearby equestrian centre wafts through the air.
    Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • As the farmer tells RTÉ News, he’s never encountered anything like this in his field before, and he’s been cutting silage in the same area for more than three decades.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
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  • This desperate search for a veteran QB doesn’t inspire confidence.
    Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The search is officially underway for the actors who will make up the storied Ingalls family in the streamer’s reboot of the classic ’70s drama.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2025
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  • Director Robert Zemeckis finds mixed results marrying broad comedy and pop-culture references with the title wooden boy's adventurous quest to become a real kid.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Timothée Chalamet Took Five Years To Prepare To Play Bob Dylan In ‘A Compete Unknown’ During a small press event in Bob Dylan’s home state of Minnesota on Dec. 5, 2024, Timothée Chalamet said his quest of becoming the legendary troubadour for A Complete Unknown took an immense amount of prep time.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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  • This move sparked internet fodder, with many onlookers saying LoRosa brought professionalism to the role that Moore didn’t.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 19 Mar. 2025
  • 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.
    Ben Seal, JSTOR Daily, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Forage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forage. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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