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Recent Examples of feedlot
Unlike industrial feedlots—where thousands of cattle are confined to small spaces—the Koufs use rotational grazing, allowing livestock to naturally fertilize the land while maintaining healthy pastures.
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Ethan Stone, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Many ranchers and feedlot operators are transparent about their practices, providing consumers with the information needed to make informed choices.
—Arturo MacIas Franco, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
One time some of his cows got out from his feedlot up in Gunnison.
—Stephanie Rivera, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024
Previous research has shown that seaweed helps cut methane emissions in feedlot cattle and dairy cows.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
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Ethan Stone, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Many ranchers and feedlot operators are transparent about their practices, providing consumers with the information needed to make informed choices.
—Arturo MacIas Franco, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
One time some of his cows got out from his feedlot up in Gunnison.
—Stephanie Rivera, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024
Previous research has shown that seaweed helps cut methane emissions in feedlot cattle and dairy cows.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feedlot
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Hauser’s jaded ranch foreman Rip, who first came to John Dutton as a young boy on the run after killing his stepfather to protect his mother, learned how to be a cowboy from John, who treated him like a son.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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The show takes place after the events of the Yellowstone flagship series, which concluded December 2024 and ended with Beth Dutton and husband Rip Wheeler moving to a new ranch in Montana.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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All that remains of the stockyards is its gate, which includes a sculpted version of a prize-winning steer.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
30 July 2025
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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.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
9 July 2025
Noun
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His goal at Stamford Bridge to seal a 2-1 victory — struck with vicious velocity from 25 yards in what was his 11th successive league appearance as a substitute — was the first eye-catching indication of his talent.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Given the price surge in the wide receiver market over the last couple of years, Meyers — who had never logged 1,000 yards in five seasons before 2024 — may be angling for a contract Las Vegas is not willing to pay.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Caseificio di Nucci, Agnone – For caciocavallo and provolone made just steps from the pastures.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Frost is, by reputation, perhaps the foremost poet of rural, non-coastal New England — of birches and apple trees, of forests blanketed in snow, of pastures sliced by ragged stone walls, and of the flinty, self-sufficient kind of temperament that flourishes in those places.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Feedlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feedlot. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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