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Recent Examples of pasture
David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
Things haven't reached the point where pilots are being put out to pasture, but the military advantages of increasingly sophisticated autonomous aircraft are becoming more apparent as time passes.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 10 Mar. 2025
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
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Noun
Mountain views Cattle still graze in the pastures today.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
Things haven't reached the point where pilots are being put out to pasture, but the military advantages of increasingly sophisticated autonomous aircraft are becoming more apparent as time passes.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasture
Noun
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Mary would be working at the Denver Federal Center, a six-hundred-and-twenty-three-acre campus that was originally a livestock ranch and hosted an ordnance plant during the Second World War.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
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Many want Altadena to remain the same quirky enclave that attracted artists’ studios, small horse ranches and mom-and-pop stores.—
Iris Kim,
NBC news,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Once complete, my fingertips grazed my cold, naked scalp.—
Christina Fang,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
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While lying on a beach in Mexico with the painter Ed Ruscha, she was grazed by a stray bullet on the thigh.—
Nathan Taylor Pemberton,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In his senior season, Bech dominated, catching 62 passes for 1,034 yards and nine touchdowns.—
Steve Bradshaw,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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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Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade Soil Type: Dry to Medium, Well-draining, Average Fertility Soil pH: Mildly Acidic to Neutral (6.0-7.2) Baptisia are tough prairie plants with a graceful appearance and showy blooms.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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Here, winter routinely drops below –30°C, and snow buries the prairie for nearly half the year.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Pasture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasture. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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