rancher

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Recent Examples of rancher Decades of screwworm-free existence meant that even ranchers, whose livelihoods are directly affected, were slow to recognize the growing emergency. Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 27 May 2025 Researchers found the cause — ticks — and worked to eradicate the disease-carrying bugs by requiring ranchers to treat their cattle. Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 26 May 2025 The series will highlight the tense showdowns between lawmen and outlaws, the rise of cowboys and ranchers, the strength of pioneer women and the drive of abolitionists and fortune seekers who helped shape the American frontier. Charna Flam, People.com, 25 May 2025 With avian flu likely to return with the fall bird migration, and other diseases including New World screwworm and African swine fever creeping ever closer to the U.S., Randle knows U.S. farmers and ranchers, along with the U.S. food supply, could be at risk. Andrea Hsu, NPR, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for rancher
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rancher
Noun
  • What was once the domain of multigenerational farmers and cattlemen has transformed into a magnet for billionaires, celebrities, and investors chasing space and solitude.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 June 2025
  • One of the recent attacks happened during the day when three wolves separated a cow and calf from the main herd in a large meadow at Lost Marbles Ranch, according to the cattlemen’s association.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Roosevelt observes that the cougars of his time are docile and timid, terrified of the rifle-bearing ranchman who had come to dominate their homelands.
    Declan Leary, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
  • This once summer residence of the Marquis de Mores—an Old West frontier ranchman—and his family includes many of their original furnishings.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, 6 June 2019
Noun
  • Houston Tye Hinton, resident stockman at the Anchor 7 Cattle Growers Association, is winding down after a long day of branding cattle.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Just as Darwin cultivated stockmen and pigeon breeders for their familiarity with the mysterious laws of inheritance, biologists interested in rattlesnakes have beaten a path to Martin’s door.
    Thomas Palmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Noun
  • To live as 1880s homesteaders, each family will have to navigate life without electricity or running water throughout the eight episodes.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 15 May 2025
  • Most of our neighbors were farmers, loggers, or homesteaders.
    John Klar, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement The Stronach Group, the owner of Santa Anita and operating under the moniker of 1/ST Racing, has a proposal to help alleviate the impact on Northern California horsemen.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The four horsemen of Big Tech — Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft — all report earnings this week, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
    Catherine Baab, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Rancher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rancher. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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