as in animal
farm animals (such as cows, horses, and pigs) that are kept, raised, and used by people
a market where livestock are bought and sold
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Recent Examples of livestock
Keep water fresh in livestock tanks, and try to prevent spillover.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
Emus are legal to own in California and are often considered livestock, Thompson said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
As for the wolves threatening livestock or other species, Colossal has no plan to release the wolves truly back into the wild.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
Each system takes waste gas such as from a landfill or livestock operation, converts it to synthesis gas, then turns the syngas into liquid methanol fuel.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
Emus are legal to own in California and are often considered livestock, Thompson said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
As for the wolves threatening livestock or other species, Colossal has no plan to release the wolves truly back into the wild.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
Each system takes waste gas such as from a landfill or livestock operation, converts it to synthesis gas, then turns the syngas into liquid methanol fuel.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for livestock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for livestock
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However, China said in its paper that a past joint study conducted with the World Health Organization (WHO) found that COVID-19 was most likely transmitted from bats to humans via another animal.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
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Research into color’s effect on food has found that red is among the most appetizing colors, partly a result of our natural response as a human animal: Nature tells us when apples, berries, and pomegranates are their ripest and most nutritionally dense.—
Bedatri D. Choudhury,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Livestock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livestock. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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