grange

as in farm
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock asked the community's farmers to meet at the Howard family grange to help raise a new barn

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Recent Examples of grange The luxurious estate was built in 1652 on what’s known as a monastic grange — a.k.a. acreage that once belonged to a monastery. Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025 Amid the largest-ever dam removal in the U.S., rumors and misunderstandings have spread through social media, in grange halls and in local establishments. The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024 Lillard scored 23 points on 6 of 18 shooting, including 2 of 8 from 3-point grange. Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Jan. 2024 All told, at least 11 buildings burned, including several homes, Two Rivers Lodge, a historic grange hall and a thrift store. Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2022 Most of the region’s limited services, including the grange or community center, health clinic and general stores, are in the community of Big Sur north of the slide. Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2021 In addition, the first 1,000 La grange area runners that sign up through the Rotary Club web site receive a coupon that can be redeemed for a free pumpkin pie. Hank Beckman, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2020 Before mini-mansions stood along River Road, there were farms, a country store, a grange hall. Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2020
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  • In The History of Sound, Mescal plays Lionel Worthing, a talented singer from rural Kentucky who leaves his family farm to attend the Boston Music Conservatory.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • At the time of the trial, troops were providing security during raids on marijuana farms outside Los Angeles.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Hauser’s jaded ranch foreman Rip, who first came to John Dutton as a young boy on the run after killing his stepfather to protect his mother, learned how to be a cowboy from John, who treated him like a son.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The show takes place after the events of the Yellowstone flagship series, which concluded December 2024 and ended with Beth Dutton and husband Rip Wheeler moving to a new ranch in Montana.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Grange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grange. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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