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Recent Examples of stockyard
The steep bluffs between downtown (which was spreading south from the river) and the West Bottoms, where the train station stockyards and other industries were located, presented a very vertical obstacle.
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Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
By 1886 four stockyards had been built near the railroads.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Johnson started working at age 6, getting blood out of the overalls of a stockyard working neighbor.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Mars used the inheritance to raise purebred Hereford cattle and to buy a stockyard.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
By 1886 four stockyards had been built near the railroads.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Johnson started working at age 6, getting blood out of the overalls of a stockyard working neighbor.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Mars used the inheritance to raise purebred Hereford cattle and to buy a stockyard.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockyard
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While the majority of American beef is produced domestically, the US routinely imports young cattle from Mexico to fatten up in American feedlots, says David Anderson, a professor and livestock economist at Texas A&M University.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
6 Aug. 2025
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Prices of feeder cattle, livestock that is purchased for fattening, were already at a record high, and Arizona feedlots braced for even higher purchase costs.—
Clara Migoya,
AZCentral.com,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Rivas' remains were found inside the trunk of a Tesla at a Hollywood tow yard in Los Angeles on September 8 after reports of a foul smell.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The week before, Murray had two touchdowns but only 163 yards through the air, all while adding less than 40 yards on the ground in both games.—
Steve Bradshaw,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Victoria also plans to help Huntley revive the ranch's Christmas Holly-Day Dance.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
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At Five-Star Wynn Tower Suites, Four Sixes Ranch Steakhouse channels the heritage of the legendary Texas ranch owned by Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan.—
Melinda Sheckells,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Stockyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockyard. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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