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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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.
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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
Doctors are not a flock of free-range chickens wandering about offices and hospitals and making up best practices, one clinician at the time.
—Robert M. Califf, STAT, 6 Feb. 2026
Diners can customize their meal with entrées that include tenderloin steak, crusted salmon and free-range chicken breast and sides of risotto and vegetables.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
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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
Doctors are not a flock of free-range chickens wandering about offices and hospitals and making up best practices, one clinician at the time.
—Robert M. Califf, STAT, 6 Feb. 2026
Diners can customize their meal with entrées that include tenderloin steak, crusted salmon and free-range chicken breast and sides of risotto and vegetables.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Free-range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free-range. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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