as in ranches
open land over which livestock may roam and feed
horses grazing in a fenced pasture
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Recent Examples of pastures
Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2026
Some herbicides used on pastures to improve forage don't break down and can damage garden plants.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 1 Feb. 2026
Human activity has shaped the animals’ natural habitat, which covers a wide geographic range and many ecosystems, from low elevation forests to small woodlots, fields and pastures.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
From the late nineteenth century to the nineteen-fifties, the island functioned, in effect, as a company state where, as Pitts observes, the sheep got better treatment than the people, with the pastures as well watered as a golf course.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Boise State’s program saw plenty of portal action, with 17 players from the 2025 roster opting to head for new pastures, including star safety Ty Benefield, who committed to LSU, and backup quarterback Kaleb Annett, who landed at UCF.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
The estate encompasses nine bedrooms and miles of pastures and trails.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2026
The Mountain Campus features pastures, hills, lakes, log cabins, an old mill, and hiking trails leading to the House O’ Dreams, a large stone and board-and-batten cottage on top of Lavender Mountain.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
The badger prefers habitats with short grass, such as fields and pastures.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Noun
Pack your jeans and boots for a private tour on horseback through the property’s pastures and along the Buffalo Fork River, complete with a Teton Range photo opp.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2026
Some herbicides used on pastures to improve forage don't break down and can damage garden plants.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 1 Feb. 2026
Human activity has shaped the animals’ natural habitat, which covers a wide geographic range and many ecosystems, from low elevation forests to small woodlots, fields and pastures.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
From the late nineteenth century to the nineteen-fifties, the island functioned, in effect, as a company state where, as Pitts observes, the sheep got better treatment than the people, with the pastures as well watered as a golf course.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Boise State’s program saw plenty of portal action, with 17 players from the 2025 roster opting to head for new pastures, including star safety Ty Benefield, who committed to LSU, and backup quarterback Kaleb Annett, who landed at UCF.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
The estate encompasses nine bedrooms and miles of pastures and trails.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2026
The Mountain Campus features pastures, hills, lakes, log cabins, an old mill, and hiking trails leading to the House O’ Dreams, a large stone and board-and-batten cottage on top of Lavender Mountain.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
The badger prefers habitats with short grass, such as fields and pastures.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastures
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The all-new Endless Highways Frontier Edition takes the brand's most powerful trailer to new aesthetic heights, warming up the interior of the vintage riveted-aluminum fuselage with a rustic cabin inspired by the mountain ranches and pioneer homesteads of the American West.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2026
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In October, a juvenile wolf from the Beyem Seyo pack in Sierra County was shot to death by a CDFW officer who mistook it for one of three adult animals that had been preying on cattle from local ranches.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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People taking anticoagulants can also experience serious bleeds from small cuts or grazes, uncontrolled nosebleeds, blood in the urine and, more rarely, brain hemorrhages or bleeding in the lungs.—
David Cox,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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As a journalist with a deep interest in our public lands, and a working rancher who grazes his own cattle on BLM ground in the same part of Montana where AP has been acquiring land, McKean is uniquely positioned at the intersection of all this.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
4 Feb. 2026
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Most people at the meeting, held over Microsoft Teams, expressed excitement at the potential for conservation in an area stretching from Will Rogers State Beach to Torrance, plus 200 yards inland.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Bad Bunny’s sum of 98 million misses being his biggest streaming day ever by a hair (or in football terms, a few yards, or even inches).—
Kevin Rutherford,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2026
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Brenna Hernandez European buckthorn grows in sun and shade alike, and thus can invade all kinds of biomes — woodlands , savannas, prairies, pastures, and even empty lots, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources noted.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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It is often found in heavily disturbed sites, such as roadsides, gravel pits and the edges of agricultural fields, but it can also be found in undisturbed dunes, dry prairies, oak and pine woodlands and rangeland.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Pastures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastures. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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