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as in feed
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as in to pursue
to go in search of
went foraging for change for the parking meter
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Recent Examples of forage
Lauren David, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
Her hands-on background and fascinations involve outdoor cooking, foraging, and stewarding gardens.
—Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
Outside Online, 12 Mar. 2025
But in the 1900s, extermination programs bankrolled by the US and state governments started killing off prairie dogs, which were viewed as pests that competed with cattle for forage.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 26 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Ramps Ramps, a type of wild allium, are typically foraged rather than cultivated.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
Her hands-on background and fascinations involve outdoor cooking, foraging, and stewarding gardens.
—Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
The route ambles between mossy rainforest and sandy stretches, where black bears forage and orcas and gray whales breach offshore.
—Outside Online, 12 Mar. 2025
But in the 1900s, extermination programs bankrolled by the US and state governments started killing off prairie dogs, which were viewed as pests that competed with cattle for forage.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forage
Noun
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The brothers themselves, now 57 and 54, appeared at the proceedings in Los Angeles County Superior Court via live video feed from prison in San Diego.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Visitors can watch her through peep holes and a security camera feed.—
Ariel Fisher,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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That was, until 2019 when Sunnyvale police used a tip to determine that one of four Fresno brothers might have committed the crime and began a genealogical hunt to match the crime scene DNA to a family member, prosecutors said.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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That growth reflects a broader cultural embrace of secondhand shopping, likely driven by sustainability concerns, economic savvy and the thrill of the hunt.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 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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Cue a frantic search of the local hospitals that only ended several hours later at Pinderfields in Wakefield.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
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Police in Florida are asking the public for information amid the ongoing search for a missing 15-year-old girl.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
9 May 2025
Noun
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The quest for the truly portable cloud application is perhaps typified by developments now happening at Nutanix.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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The series is a delicate act of luring normies into a love of computer RPG mechanics one branching quest line and dialogue tree at a time, and Oblivion is the sweet spot between the much more strenuous Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and the perhaps too streamlined Skyrim.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
8 May 2025
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The visibility of middlemen based in rich countries has long provided fodder to detractors who claim that the aid industry operates inefficiently or even unjustly.—
Zainab Usman,
Foreign Affairs,
5 May 2025
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Some of those birds, the organization says, end up as fodder for a controversial but legal sport with committed defenders, in which the main object is to toss a live bird in the air and shoot it.—
Sarah Maslin Nir,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Noun
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However, the Pentagon assessed in its report that the ship can launch large maritime unmanned aerial vehicles for strike, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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For example, the Cooperative Institutes in Wisconsin and Colorado have developed software and methods that help meteorologists better understand the current state of tropical cyclones and forecast future intensity when aircraft reconnaissance isn’t immediately available.—
Chris Vagasky,
The Conversation,
5 May 2025
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The next season, Moore had an audience of MLB scouts when OPRF played Downers Grove North, which featured George Wolkow.—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2025
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This was followed by a procession through the city, led by scouts, musicians, and community leaders.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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“Forage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forage. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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