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Esha Chhabra, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
For decades, the Galt family has been a force in Republican politics, as well as one of the state’s biggest private landowners, with ranches that span more than 250,000 acres.
—Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
The 100-plus-year-old ranch offers guests the truest experience of Yellowstone Country.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
Sriracha ranch makes these even more impossible to resist.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Nov. 2023
They got married on July 3, 2021, at Shelton's ranch in rural Tishomingo, Oklahoma.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2023
With an emphasis on natural materials and quality undertaken with a utilitarian perspective, the store takes inspiration both from Hearst’s family ranch in Uruguay and the city of Los Angeles’s architectural vernacular architecture.
—Rachel Marlowe, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2023
Many people who live among the cattle ranches and farms in the Cuyama Valley have banded together in a campaign calling for a boycott of carrots.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
The houses tended to be stately Colonials, or maybe the newer ranch style.
—Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2023
Mark Scaglione, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2023
Regaining access to our land has also enabled the Nation to set up a ranching operation under the ownership of our Nation.
—TIME, 19 Oct. 2023
The Dutton family has a lot of family dysfunction: 97% of ranching operations in the United States are family owned, so family business issues are definitely a challenge.
—William Earl, Variety, 17 Sep. 2023
Sheep arrived on the islands in the 19th century and chomped and stomped the land to destruction (with an assist from other ranching activities).
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
School-free Fridays allow some children to help their ranching families.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2023
State government has a big focus on ranching In Idaho, our governor is a rancher and comes from a long-standing ranching family.
—William Earl, Variety, 17 Sep. 2023
In 1996, Robison released his solo debut album Bandera, named after the Texas city where Robison's family has ranched for eight generations since the 1840s.
—Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
The Mescal Movie Set is now owned by Kartchner Ventures, which is owned and operated by the Kartchner family, a fifth-generation ranching family from Cochise County.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2023
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Word History
Noun
Mexican Spanish rancho small ranch, from Spanish, camp, hut & Spanish dialect, small farm, from Old Spanish ranchearse to take up quarters, from Middle French se ranger to take up a position, from ranger to set in a row — more at range
Noun
1831, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1851, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2
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“Ranch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ranch. Accessed 7 Dec. 2023.
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