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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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forage

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noun

forage (for)

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verb (2)

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of forage
Verb
Public health officials are urging Californians to stop foraging for mushrooms as dangerous fungi continue to grow following recent wet weather. Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026 Florida and the Gulf are wintering areas, New England and Canada are for summer foraging. Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 22 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
Noun
  • On Sunday night and into Monday, BAM’s X feed spilled over with reposts commending the account for its largely correct forecasts.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Meta in response stopped including news links in users’ feeds, while Google agreed to pay about $73 million a year.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • As a result, there’s less clutter around the room by way of remotes and menus (although a hunt for what would’ve been a handy phone charger proved fruitless as well).
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Warned about assignments, encouraged to job hunt This story is based on interviews with 10 current and former Post staffers drawn from both the newsroom and the business side of the paper.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 30 Jan. 2026
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
  • Bathhouses, social spaces, and Viking wellness trends underscore the search for shared experiences around community and rituals, such as communal dining, bathing, and chanting.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The search at Fulton County's main election facility in Union City sought records related to the 2020 election, county spokesperson Jessica Corbitt-Dominguez said.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • National Guard troops were delivering supplies by truck and helicopter.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
  • This is the fourth flight of the crew Dragon, which will be bring up nearly 7,000 pounds of supplies, dock to the station 41 hours after launch and remain on the station for three weeks.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 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
Noun
  • The zombie-like inhabitants aren’t just nameless fodder.
    Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The idea that the Pyramids of Egypt are so awesome they could only have been built by aliens is now a meme-able joke, fodder for Reddit debunkers and cheesy History Channel shows.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Besides Bombadier, other major aircraft manufacturers in Canada include De Havilland Aircraft of Canada, which makes turboprop planes and aircraft designed for maritime patrols and reconnaissance, and European aerospace giant Airbus.
    Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • According to the Ukrainian military news outlet Militarnyi, the robot was a reconnaissance-strike ground unit dubbed Droid TW, built by Ukrainian defense company DevDroid.
    Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 29 Jan. 2026

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“Forage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forage. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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