forage 1 of 3

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

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forage

2 of 3

noun

forage (for)

3 of 3

verb (2)

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of forage
Verb
The 20-course omakase will change seasonally and feature ingredients that Toshi forages locally. Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025 Dolphins exposed to swimmers rest, socialize and forage less. Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
While penguins may be eating a lot, Holt isn’t sure the overall effect on forage fish is any different from centuries earlier, when marine mammals like whales, seals or sea lions likely would have taken a larger share. Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025 The property’s food and beverage team forage for many of their ingredients. Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forage
Noun
  • The score was hardly indicative of the game, as Dallas was inches away from tying the game 2-2 late in the third period before Devon Toews crashed the net and put in a Josh Manson feed.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Enhanced bank feeds and time tracking functionalities streamline reconciliation and payroll preparation.
    Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The hunt for candidates to fill top positions at institutions in the world of golf has become a trend in the past year, and PGA Tour Enterprises is no exception.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
  • But the hunt for the killer soon uncovers a plot far more sinister than anyone could have imagined, kicking off a race against time to save a city of millions.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The feed is a mix of roughage (hay), silage (grass), and grain.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The lighter roughage and silage flies farther than the grain does, leaving the cow with a pile of the tastier stuff as the rest gets tossed out of reach.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • OpenAI has increasingly been prioritizing its own search offering since the launch of SearchGPT last year.
    Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Per the memo, the university plans to restart the search process once a new president is in place.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • After landing their franchise quarterback in 2024 and making the playoffs during Bo Nix’s encouraging rookie season, this offseason has been about careful upgrades designed to help Denver take another step forward in its quest to become real contenders — and not just in 2025.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Wrap Around iPhone One Step Closer Apple’s quest to create a minimalist all-glass all-display iPhone continues inside the R&D department.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Yet if the mission is to make Wallen even more ubiquitous — constantly near the top of New Music Friday, always with multiple songs lingering around the top of the Hot 100, with plenty of headlines and new fodder for country radio — then this rollout has largely been a win for him.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The Mets’ winning streak came to an end Friday night at Nationals Park, but the controversy surrounding will undoubtedly provide a few days of fodder.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The unit soon started making their own drone bombs and by March 2023, Birds of Magyar had grown from a reconnaissance platoon into a strike drone company.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The commandos’ raid into the heart of Seoul on Jan. 21, 1968 — and North Korea’s seizure of the American reconnaissance ship U.S.S. Pueblo two days later — marked one of the ​peaks of Cold War ​tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula.
    Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the 12 months after his arrival, Bayern Munich sent scouts to the London Stadium to monitor his development.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Jackson wowed scouts with a three-sack performance in a 24-21 loss at Alabama that season.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Forage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forage. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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