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Definition of foragesnext
present tense third-person singular of forage
as in grazes
to feed on grass or herbs cows foraging in the pasture

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noun

plural of forage

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Verb
  • People taking anticoagulants can also experience serious bleeds from small cuts or grazes, uncontrolled nosebleeds, blood in the urine and, more rarely, brain hemorrhages or bleeding in the lungs.
    David Cox, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
  • As a journalist with a deep interest in our public lands, and a working rancher who grazes his own cattle on BLM ground in the same part of Montana where AP has been acquiring land, McKean is uniquely positioned at the intersection of all this.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 4 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
  • BodyArmor will replace Coca-Cola sister brand Powerade on the sidelines of March Madness this year as the soft drink giant hunts for the right formula to boost its pair of Gatorade challengers.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The booking company found that this spring break, flight searches to Hilo are up 60 percent and that airfare is down 26 percent, when compared to last year.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
  • When the Los Angeles school board placed Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on leave last week after federal searches of his home and office, the sudden leadership vacuum at the nation’s second-largest school system raised immediate questions about who would steady the district.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There’s an update on the boxy, cropped shirt that dominated feeds last year, while denim spans shorts, baggy and straight jeans in various washes.
    Alice Cary, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
  • What has changed AI systems capable of processing vast streams of data are connected to sources like drone feeds, satellite imagery, and telecommunications intercepts, at speeds no human team could match.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Rams scouts who do attend the events in person use interview time to give players a digital personality assessment stored in their database.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Ten Hurricanes traveled to Indianapolis for the NFL combine, looking to impress NFL scouts.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • As my personal friend Kathryn has written about this season, Bridgerton is kind of notorious for side quests.
    Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The murders themselves come across as side quests in a video game, complete with cheat codes and drug references.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Disaster relief workers went door to door in the Union City and Three Rivers areas to offer meals and cleanup supplies.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Tommy seems receptive, too, with each invitation to participate in his abductors’ togetherness (meals, movie nights, a picnic).
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Their voices carry a tone of bravado and voyeurism in their pursuits for close proximity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Williams is 45, an age where most former all-world athletes have moved on to other pursuits.
    Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
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“Forages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forages. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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