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Recent Examples of overgraze
But unlike large mammals, the ants don’t overgraze all the vegetation in the area around their colony.
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Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2022
Managers extended the fall season and provided winter openings to try to hit harvest targets, something Fish and Game says is important to keep the herd sustainable, and not so large that animals overgraze or starve.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2021
As a result, proliferating shrimp could overgraze the algae that supports a healthy population, according to Luft.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Dec. 2020
Cattle and sheep overgraze on the zacaton, and farmers burn the grass to promote new growth in pastures and cut it for thatch.
—National Geographic, 23 Jan. 2020
In this case, individual Arizonans are being asked to guard the public good, while policy makers, developers and multinational corporations overgraze our water to the detriment of the greater good.
—John D'anna, azcentral, 15 Dec. 2019
Without sharks, fish would overgraze and destroy our oceans.
—Stephanie Bedo, Fox News, 16 July 2018
The factor may be that herbivores overgraze their range and run short of food.
—E O Wilson, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2012
Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2022
Managers extended the fall season and provided winter openings to try to hit harvest targets, something Fish and Game says is important to keep the herd sustainable, and not so large that animals overgraze or starve.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2021
As a result, proliferating shrimp could overgraze the algae that supports a healthy population, according to Luft.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Dec. 2020
Cattle and sheep overgraze on the zacaton, and farmers burn the grass to promote new growth in pastures and cut it for thatch.
—National Geographic, 23 Jan. 2020
In this case, individual Arizonans are being asked to guard the public good, while policy makers, developers and multinational corporations overgraze our water to the detriment of the greater good.
—John D'anna, azcentral, 15 Dec. 2019
Without sharks, fish would overgraze and destroy our oceans.
—Stephanie Bedo, Fox News, 16 July 2018
The factor may be that herbivores overgraze their range and run short of food.
—E O Wilson, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overgraze
Verb
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Another is to acquaint yourself with the courage and good-heartedness of those who are making it now, and who will one day lead us out to pasture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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Hence their motivation to send Powell out to pasture—save billions in interest payments and take control of the bond market.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
Verb
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The straighter hair revealed that Moore’s bangs featured longer, face-framing pieces that grazed her jawline.—
Starr Bowenbank,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Reindeer moss, used as a mulch for containerized plants, is a fibrous chartreuse lichen grazed by caribou and reindeer in Arctic lands.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Participants will be able to forage directly from our backyard garden to fill your floral arrangement.—
Jake Richardson,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Pocket parks, native plants and urban forests provide just enough habitat that birds, especially during spring and fall migrations, will forage for food downtown and sing their songs to the morning commuters.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Overgraze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgraze. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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