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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
There’s also plenty of food for thought on the menu, which reflects the chef’s interests in Black agricultural history, farmers’ markets and foraging, and stellar and honestly made wine. John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026 Ramps Ramps, a type of wild allium, are typically foraged rather than cultivated. Lauren David, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
Our analysis found that to be about a 93% discount, on average, compared with the market rate for forage on private land. Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 12 Jan. 2026 On the other hand, Tommy never got the chance to climb a tree or forage for nuts. Amy Crawford, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forage
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  • His second score, midway through the second period, went off his leg after a shot from the slot by Miro Heiskanen initially grazed Evans' stick.
    CBS News, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • His second score, midway through the second period, went off his leg after a shot from the slot by Miro Heiskanen initially grazed Evans’ stick.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The property runs about 1,000 breeding female cows and a few dozen herd bulls, a feed yard facility and individual feed intake facility.
    Lana Ferguson, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The data that Bell collected on students would later influence what showed up in their Facebook feeds.
    Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Listening to dinner Our bats’ style of hunting is close to that of lions or polar bears, but the efficiency of their hunts sets the bats apart from any large predator.
    Leonie Baier, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
  • On Tuesday, before Netflix pulled out of the hunt for WBD, a coalition of 11 state attorneys general — all Republicans — urged the Department of Justice to carefully scrutinize the Netflix-Warners deal.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In Wisconsin, dairy farms are smaller, herds are smaller, and cows are usually sent out to pasture to graze in good weather, which is not easy to come by in Wisconsin.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • 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
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
  • When that might happen is highly uncertain, and completely up to Guthrie, given this month’s agonizing and all-consuming search for her mother Nancy.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
  • According to Gaber, the university chancellor, Charlotte didn’t open the search until after the transfer portal closed in mid-January, but zeroed in on White after receiving interest from more than 100 candidates.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In areas of intense fighting — especially in Darfur — famine is spreading and food and basic supplies are scarce.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The warnings come as technology companies looking to cash in on the AI boom through aggressive investments in AI infrastructure are straining memory chip inventories, leaving manufacturers in other memory-intensive sectors, like smartphone and PC producers, scrambling to secure chip supplies.
    Matthew Chin, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The ongoing quest for reality’s full, fundamental nature continues.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Feb. 2026
  • With an independent test data set for release, the coming weeks may determine whether Donut Lab’s claims mark a genuine breakthrough or another chapter in the long and difficult quest to commercialize solid-state batteries.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026

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“Forage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forage. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.

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