free-range
adjective
: allowed to range and forage with relative freedom
free-range chickens
also
: of, relating to, or produced by free-range animals
free-range eggs
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For example, instead of having an adult enforce many rules of a baseball game, free-range kids are encouraged to play a pick-up game with their pals in the neighborhood.
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Amy Morin, Parents, 5 Mar. 2026
Miss Manners is not one to attribute all poor behavior to medical problems and to excuse it on those grounds, as many free-range diagnosticians do.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
Shortly after that blow-up, Josh installed a gate on the road that runs through his property — the most direct route between the Collins’ home and the free-range pasture — and began posting about the ordeal online.
—Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
Experts speculated that dry-lot cows can’t sweat as freely as free-range cows, and that weather and feedlot conditions contributed to deadly heat exhaustion.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Amy Morin, Parents, 5 Mar. 2026
Miss Manners is not one to attribute all poor behavior to medical problems and to excuse it on those grounds, as many free-range diagnosticians do.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
Shortly after that blow-up, Josh installed a gate on the road that runs through his property — the most direct route between the Collins’ home and the free-range pasture — and began posting about the ordeal online.
—Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
Experts speculated that dry-lot cows can’t sweat as freely as free-range cows, and that weather and feedlot conditions contributed to deadly heat exhaustion.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Free-range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free-range. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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