as in farm
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock
lives on a cattle ranch in Texas that's as big as the whole state of Rhode Island
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Recent Examples of ranch
This is not the picture of a ranch clawed back from the brink of extinction.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
There is, of course, your perilous journey and then there is what’s happening at the Dutton ranch.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025
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
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
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
There is, of course, your perilous journey and then there is what’s happening at the Dutton ranch.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025
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
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
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“Ranch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranch. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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