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Recent Examples of cattle
African Americans were brought over and were just kind of recorded like cattle.
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2026
The group that wants to do away with cattle wants to drive cattle producers out of business and take the market away, Murdock said.
—Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoma Voice, 10 Feb. 2026
Wildfires have also ravaged grasslands used to graze cattle, according to the White House.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
The screwworm prompted the US to ban cattle imports from Mexico for much of the last 14 months, crimping American beef producers at a time when record prices for the meat are adding to the pressure on shoppers angry about the cost of food.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2026
The group that wants to do away with cattle wants to drive cattle producers out of business and take the market away, Murdock said.
—Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoma Voice, 10 Feb. 2026
Wildfires have also ravaged grasslands used to graze cattle, according to the White House.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
The screwworm prompted the US to ban cattle imports from Mexico for much of the last 14 months, crimping American beef producers at a time when record prices for the meat are adding to the pressure on shoppers angry about the cost of food.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cattle
Noun
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Tanner spoke in a blend of political rabble-rousing and entrepreneurial uplift.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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There’s something quite magical, really, about millions of bits of colorful paper flying like snow through the air over a raucous rabble.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
31 Dec. 2025
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The land, which is home to herds of pronghorn antelope, mountain lions, wolves, mule deer and groves of aspen trees, was originally planned for geothermal development when Santa Clara city leaders bought it nearly 50 years ago.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The park offers one of the most exciting wildlife experiences in Southern Africa, with a million acres of biodiverse savannas, wetlands, and montane rainforests, and a range of animals that includes buffalo herds, lion prides, and an array of birds.—
Lisa Grainger,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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All that loot pumped out of the Armenian proletariat, says the gaur, and for what.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Severin, on the other hand, represents the revolutionary proletariat.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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Which is to say, the people in the streets weren’t riffraff running amok but activists with aims.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Sometimes Evie imagined the land, the world, the city around her as a cartoon neighborhood, the houses’ edges elastic like balloons, their walls filling up and bloating and then, all at once, popping: ejecting out the riffraff and trash in a huff.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Soap Dishes and Shower Caddies Soap dishes and shower caddies are particularly vulnerable to stubborn soap scum.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
11 Feb. 2026
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Small-scale tiles are hard to clean given the number of grout lines that trap scum.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Heat’s lead grew to as large as 32 points in the second half on the way to the 31-point rout.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
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Even with All-American sophomore Sarah Strong sidelined, the UConn women’s basketball team continued its dominant run through Big East play with an 80-48 rout of Butler at PeoplesBank Arena on Saturday.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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In Ukraine, besides sleet and snow, the daily forecast includes drones and missiles raining down on the war-weary populace.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Neither of the first two games was overly competitive, although the local populace had no problem with the result of the first one.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Van Der Beek was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2023 and made his diagnosis public the following year.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2026
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But that came potentially at the expense of appealing to an American public that really does want answers.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Cattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cattle. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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