as in to pursue
to go in search of
went foraging for change for the parking meter
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as in feed
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Recent Examples of forage
Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 25 Mar. 2025
Ending these practices and managing forage fish at ecologically sound levels will protect food chains, support fishermen, and improve U.S. marine resilience.
Solve the Tijuana River crisis.
—Marc Benioff, Time, 24 June 2025
Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
At the restaurant, a farm-to-table menu will use ingredients foraged in the area, such as Icelandic herbs, various seaweeds, and berries, as well as products sourced from local ranches, fisheries, and geothermal greenhouses.
—AFAR Media, 7 July 2025
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Verb
This decline is attributed to several factors, including habitat loss and a reduction in essential forage, such as milkweed.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 25 Mar. 2025
Ending these practices and managing forage fish at ecologically sound levels will protect food chains, support fishermen, and improve U.S. marine resilience.
Solve the Tijuana River crisis.
—Marc Benioff, Time, 24 June 2025
Verb
The menu—served in a multi-course format that evolves with the seasons with housemade beverages to pair with each course—spotlights wild herbs and forest plants foraged from the forest, like birch water, spruce shoots, wild berries, tree beard and mushrooms.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
At the restaurant, a farm-to-table menu will use ingredients foraged in the area, such as Icelandic herbs, various seaweeds, and berries, as well as products sourced from local ranches, fisheries, and geothermal greenhouses.
—AFAR Media, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forage
Noun
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Replace Instead of Remove: Listen to music or a podcast instead of scrolling through your feed.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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The two returned to court in front of Judge Dawn Nichols at the Volusia County Courthouse at 10 a.m. with Hunter in the courtroom and Victorino present from a jailhouse feed.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2025
Noun
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The annual 10-day hunt, which ran from July 11 to July 20, encouraged participants to remove invasive Burmese pythons from several locations in South Florida, according to The Palm Beach Post and Naples Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Network.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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Ferguson improvised a song about the end of the egg hunt to calm his grandson down.—
Maia Nehme,
Charlotte Observer,
22 July 2025
Noun
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The feed is a mix of roughage (hay), silage (grass), and grain.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
1 Apr. 2025
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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
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The revised count provides significant relief to families and communities while allowing search and rescue operations to focus resources more effectively on the remaining three missing persons.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 July 2025
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Police also found luxury goods and clothing, not limited to jewelry, high-end handbags and sports memorabilia, in their search of storage units owned by Nezhinskiy in New Jersey.—
Zach Powell,
New York Times,
20 July 2025
Noun
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Dana [Sano, from Republic Records,] and Spring really went on a quest to figure out who our partner should be.—
Abby Webster,
Billboard,
18 July 2025
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Hurts and the Eagles will begin their quest for a second straight championship in less than a week when training camp gets underway.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
Noun
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And rather than engage with President and Mrs. Macron’s attempts to set the record straight, Owens mocked them and used them as additional fodder for her frenzied fan base.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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Many Ukraine watchers are worried that efforts to rollback anti-corruption initiatives will be fodder for Russian propaganda and fracture Ukraine’s unity at a critical time in the war.—
Chris Massaro,
FOXNews.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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But in reality, airplanes were used for guidance, observation and reconnaissance, aiding ground troops far more often than fighting other aviators in the sky.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 July 2025
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Oleksandr Dmitriev, the founder of a Ukrainian system that centralizes feeds from thousands of drone crews across the frontline, told Reuters the outage was an example of the shortcomings of relying on cloud services for military operations, particularly battlefield drone reconnaissance.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Her group of spies, scouts, and other freedom fighters piloted three Union steamboats snaking up the lower Combahee River with Colonel James Montgomery of the Second South Carolina Volunteers and one battery of the Third Rhode Island Artillery.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Other camps and organizations offered their condolences to Camp Blackhawk scouts in messages posted on Facebook.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
17 July 2025
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“Forage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forage. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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