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Recent Examples of stockyard
In addition to working horses, the authors focus on the cattle and pigs being slaughtered in the Chicago stockyards, the elephants touring the country with P.T. Barnum’s circus, and the city dogs swept up daily by dogcatchers and taken to the pound.
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Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
The Kimpton Harper Fort Worth is in the heart of downtown and within easy walking distance of the convention center and a short driver to the famous stockyards.
—Kim Westerman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Hit the Hay Western ranchers start to get their fill of deer this month as herds of whitetails, mule deer and even elk descend from neighboring public land on second-cutting alfalfa bales stored in stockyards.
—Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2019
Refrigerated trucking gave stockyard owners the flexibility to move wherever business conditions suited, which frequently meant anonymous, horizontal structures in the countryside.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
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Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
The Kimpton Harper Fort Worth is in the heart of downtown and within easy walking distance of the convention center and a short driver to the famous stockyards.
—Kim Westerman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Hit the Hay Western ranchers start to get their fill of deer this month as herds of whitetails, mule deer and even elk descend from neighboring public land on second-cutting alfalfa bales stored in stockyards.
—Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2019
Refrigerated trucking gave stockyard owners the flexibility to move wherever business conditions suited, which frequently meant anonymous, horizontal structures in the countryside.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockyard
Noun
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Discussions within the city’s internal management team have not revealed any negative impacts from the feedlot expansion thus far, Hutchinson Planning and Zoning Director Dan Jochum said.—
Janean Sorrell,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The feedlots have the specifications of how much corn to feed their crops down to a science.—
Katie Bernard,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Image There was something both sinister and sweet about the actress’s Chanel couture look of floral-print bustier dress shrouded in yards and yards of black tulle.—
The Styles Desk,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Woods rushed for 1,844 yards and 20 touchdowns, averaging 8.6 yards per carry, including 215 yards and two scores in Chanhassen’s 34-31, overtime win against St. Thomas Academy in the title game.—
Todd Abeln,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Stanko invited Vail and dozens of pro-wolf advocates and researchers to her ranch for a summit.—
Mark Dent,
thehustle.co,
31 Jan. 2025
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Alas, the four of them had no means to travel out of harm’s way — until Bode, Jake, Eve and her father galloped up on a quartet of horses, to carry them back to the ranch.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Stockyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockyard. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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