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Definition of foragenext
as in to graze
to feed on grass or herbs cows foraging in the pasture

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noun

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Recent Examples of forage
Verb
Officials are discouraging people from foraging and being cautious when buying mushrooms from vendors or farmer’s markets since the toxin cannot be cooked or frozen off. David Matthews, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026 Clear blue skies and pleasant, if chilly, breezes are enveloping the Pharmalot campus, where the official mascots are foraging for noshes and keeping strangers at bay. Ed Silverman, STAT, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
High-end travelers are delighted to visit a goat farm to see how cheese is made, or forage for ingredients in a forest. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025 Supplemental feeding is defined as providing extra nutrition during times of natural forage scarcity. Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forage
Verb
  • The key part of the limb researchers looked at was the calcadium, or the heel bone, which allows modern kangaroos to travel far distances while grazing through the elastic energy stored and released in the Achilles tendon, Jones said.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • This revealed a stellar object very similar to a red supergiant star, a body hundreds of times the size of the sun, which, if placed at the heart of our solar system, would engulf the rocky inner planets and graze the orbit of Jupiter.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Robinhood's Cortex is plugged into live market feeds, analyst ratings, and each user's portfolio down to cost basis.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Moments after converting an alley-oop dunk off a feed from Zubac, Collins drained a 3-pointer to bring the Clippers within 80-74 midway through the period, but the Bulls quickly regained control.
    Oc Register, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Too often, companies trivialize this essential question, reducing it to the hunt for a right price.
    Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Benbrook stays in contention, downs Southwest Benbrook stayed in the thick of the District 8-4A playoff hunt as the Lady Bobcats defeated Fort Worth Southwest 57-42 on Thursday.
    Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Another is to acquaint yourself with the courage and good-heartedness of those who are making it now, and who will one day lead us out to pasture.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Hence their motivation to send Powell out to pasture—save billions in interest payments and take control of the bond market.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Cousin Who ‘Gardens’ Serviette Sour Diesel, $175 Founder-perfumer Trey Taylor’s heady blend of kush, pink pepper, patchouli and rhubarb evokes the kind of silage that a cannabis enthusiast’s dreams are made of.
    Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Water trucks roll past bunkers stacked with silage.
    Elly Fishman, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile in Pittsburgh, the Steelers are amid a search for a new head coach for the first time in nearly two decades after Mike Tomlin stepped down last week.
    Mike Darnay, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The Minnesota attorney said the boy’s father had no criminal record according to a search of state records, and that the family was in the country legally.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The current phase expands participation to additional countries and concentrates on issues such as prevention of major equipment failures, safety classification of systems, and scenarios involving loss of external power supplies.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Independent digital and analog power supplies, along with ELNA capacitors, deliver clarity, dynamics and tonal accuracy.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Hopefully there will be new quests also, though this isn’t mentioned anywhere.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Some of them are the product of the calendar, and others are the byproduct of brainstorming from teams’ marketing departments and their never-ending quest to keep fans interested during rebuilding seasons.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026

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“Forage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forage. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.

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