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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
  • An American Bison grazes in fields on the Southern Plains Land Trust Heartland Ranch Nature Preserve on September 23, 2022 near Lamar, Colorado.
    Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Velasquez likes square layers for hair that grazes just at the collarbone.
    Audrey Noble, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Easter Sunday is quickly approaching on April 5, and there will be brunches, Easter Bunny visits and Easter egg hunts across metro Atlanta.
    Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • There will be five egg hunts, and each ticket allows visitors to enter the event at any time and participate in the time hunt designated by their ticket.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Both Jaynes and Meany were accused by the Justice Department of aiding and abetting the deprivation of Taylor's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.
    Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Homicide investigators dug up the pile but, like with the other searches, found nothing that could lead to a resolution of the mystery.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The trial is a test case, known as a bellwether, tied to about 2,000 other pending lawsuits brought by parents and school districts arguing that social media giants should be considered manufacturers of defective products for hooking a generation of young people to social media feeds.
    Bobby Allyn, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
  • This is partly because social media feeds often have no end, so users continuously scroll to get to the next thing that catches their attention—and the next after that.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There, college scouts can create a deeper and more detailed evaluation of a potential portal entry.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Dybantsa has the eye of NBA scouts because of his size, which fits the mold of several modern-day stars.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The narrative features, however, such as 2010’s My Joy or 2017’s A Gentle Creature, were rich, rambling, surreal, maximalist, following characters on absurd quests through cross sections of bureaucracy and society.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
  • With 30+ hours of adventure and over 90 plus quests, there’s plenty to uncover both above (and beneath) the city!
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Local support from free meals to parking assistance has helped, but only temporarily.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
  • During Ramadan, officials at the mosque gave out free meals to the community to break the daily fast, feeding more than 25,000 people over the last 30 days, Khouraki said.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • However, happily, most meaningful efforts, engagements, and pursuits involve profoundly more fulfilling and less harrowing change than moving.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
  • That’s due in large part to its natural beauty—towering mountains, spectacular canyons, and rushing waters inspire hiking, biking, fly-fishing and a number of other outdoor pursuits.
    Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Forages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forages. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.

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