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Recent Examples of foraging
Her idea of a perfect Sunday includes foraging for new items (or old ones, as the case may be) to use in her daily art practice.
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Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Small but mighty Eha, on Estonia’s Hiiumaa island, part of a Unesco biosphere, has at its heart dawn mist walks, wild herb foraging, and Baltic ancestral healing.
—Jane Alexander, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Feb. 2026
There’s also plenty of food for thought on the menu, which reflects the chef’s interests in Black agricultural history, farmers’ markets and foraging, and stellar and honestly made wine.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
In a head-to-head competition foraging for prey in a termite mound, an echidna would easily outperform any human.
—Kevin Omland, The Conversation, 9 Feb. 2026
The California Department of Public Health is urging people to avoid mushroom foraging altogether this year because death cap mushrooms are easily confused with safe, edible varieties.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
The department is urging people to avoid mushroom foraging altogether this year because death cap mushrooms are easily confused with safe, edible varieties.
—CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, peregrine falcons use the peak as a foraging territory.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Guests can join him on foraging expeditions and in nutrition workshops.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 1 Feb. 2026
Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Small but mighty Eha, on Estonia’s Hiiumaa island, part of a Unesco biosphere, has at its heart dawn mist walks, wild herb foraging, and Baltic ancestral healing.
—Jane Alexander, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Feb. 2026
There’s also plenty of food for thought on the menu, which reflects the chef’s interests in Black agricultural history, farmers’ markets and foraging, and stellar and honestly made wine.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
In a head-to-head competition foraging for prey in a termite mound, an echidna would easily outperform any human.
—Kevin Omland, The Conversation, 9 Feb. 2026
The California Department of Public Health is urging people to avoid mushroom foraging altogether this year because death cap mushrooms are easily confused with safe, edible varieties.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
The department is urging people to avoid mushroom foraging altogether this year because death cap mushrooms are easily confused with safe, edible varieties.
—CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, peregrine falcons use the peak as a foraging territory.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Guests can join him on foraging expeditions and in nutrition workshops.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foraging
grazing
Verb
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The pieces were found on grazing land about 18 inches deep.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The star kept her beauty minimal for the Sunday morning sunbathing, styling her blonde hair down with shaggy face-framing bangs grazing her cheekbones and partially obscuring her eyes.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
23 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Foraging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foraging. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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