forages 1 of 2

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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forages

2 of 2

noun

plural of forage

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Verb
  • There is even a massage with horses, during which a horse grazes nearby while a massage therapist works out your aches and pains.
    Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In his article for Mosaic magazine, Israeli computer scientist Moshe Koppel calculates that Sefaria’s digitized library, about a thousand volumes, barely grazes the surface.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The hiring slump is especially hitting professions such as information technology that employ more college graduates, creating nightmarish job hunts for the increasingly smaller number who do complete college.
    James Pollard, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Our daughter, Miriam, came along on most turkey hunts, earmuffs on her head and camouflage draped over her backpack carrier.
    Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Aerial drones and multiple ground searches were a part of the recovery operation.
    Mikelle Street, Them., 27 Oct. 2025
  • Kiffin’s name has consistently surfaced in such searches and is again near the top of many wish lists, partly because Ole Miss has become one of the conference’s most explosive offenses under his tenure in recent seasons.
    Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Platforms will rush to release AI-native creative tools, give them away, fill feeds, and monetize the engagement loop with ads.
    Victor Riparbelli, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Prediction markets have different data needs than sportsbooks, and the NHL has different feeds for various buyers.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While the department already consists of head of technical recruitment and analysis Maximilian Hahn, sporting director Mark Noble (whose remit is the academy), European scouts Georges Santos and Antonio Tramontano, and first-team scout Adrian Clarke, there is a clear gap at the top.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Belichick banned Patriots scouts from attending UNC practices.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When a boy named Milo goes through a tollbooth that appears in his room on an average day at home, he is met with a series of punny quests — including jumping to the Island of Conclusions, learning about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock and rescuing Rhyme and Reason.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Those favors pile up after a while, but that’s not a problem, because quests in The Outer Worlds 2 are always worth taking.
    Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Earlier, House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said SNAP benefit payments in November could not be funded using other funding approved by Congress as this would mean taking that cash away from school meals and infant formula grants.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Fortunately, Taylor Farms is bringing quality to convenience in the food industry by showing that ready-to-eat meals can be fresh, nutritious, and sustainably produced.
    William Jones, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Considering her pursuits in the legal field, Kardashian's 2019 costume as Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) made perfect sense.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Second, and more importantly, excess money or other possessions represent time wasted in material pursuits at the expense of Torah learning.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Forages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forages. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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