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Recent Examples of pastoralist
In the northern reaches, thousands of pastoralist herders have switched to fishing after losing their livestock to drought since 2021.
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Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026
The resemblance is particularly striking because many Palestinians are now barred from practicing their pastoralist traditions in areas where settlers continue to roam freely.
—Irus Braverman, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
The pastoralist Maasai people, for instance, who also live in the region, have successfully been vying for supremacy with lions for hundreds of years.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
As pastoralist communities moved their flocks, the sheep had more contact with infected wild animals.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026
The resemblance is particularly striking because many Palestinians are now barred from practicing their pastoralist traditions in areas where settlers continue to roam freely.
—Irus Braverman, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
The pastoralist Maasai people, for instance, who also live in the region, have successfully been vying for supremacy with lions for hundreds of years.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
As pastoralist communities moved their flocks, the sheep had more contact with infected wild animals.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastoralist
Adjective
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Wood beam ceilings and rustic red tile floors adorn almost every room, while the furnishings rely on simple silhouettes and an earthy color palette to blend with the pastoral surroundings without feeling antiquated.—
Lauren Arzbaecher,
Architectural Digest,
12 June 2026
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Messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to advance a constitutional amendment that would tighten the denomination's restrictions on women in pastoral roles.—
WTVC Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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These modular reactors can eventually be connected directly to active factory smokestacks and local agricultural biorefineries.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
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By leasing land owned by approximately 7,300 Maasai landowners, Cottar’s provides local communities with a sustainable income, while protecting wildlife habitat from agricultural development and subdivision.—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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There is an inherent ease to sheer fabrics and lace that feel instinctively right for nuptials set against a bucolic backdrop.—
Sarah Zendejas,
Vogue,
10 June 2026
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Red-Bodied Dog Tick Has your idiotic dog wandered onto a bucolic patch of grass that hasn’t been freshly treated with toxins?—
Jay Ruttenberg,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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Photographer David Plowden started out chronicling American railroads in the postwar era before broadening his focus and hopscotching the country, using his camera to document the nation’s changing industrial and agrarian landscapes.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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The agrarian reform made little progress.—
Roberto Andrés,
The Dial,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Some of that uptick is the monocultural nature of the game.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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In the runup to the 2025 Super Bowl, Fox had sold out its ads by August, a sign that advertisers were willing to pay a steep price for one of the last remaining monocultural events in America.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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An agronomic guide or a turf guide will provide the optimal mower height for your specific type of grass.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
6 June 2026
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Once commercial and agronomic datasets are harmonized, AI models can analyze how incentives propagate through the system and quantify their real impact on demand.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The hum of the highway reached us across an arable field.—
Jessi Jezewska Stevens,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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There’s also a fully operational farm with 1,149 arable acres and extensive infrastructure, along with equestrian facilities comprising two professional racing yards, private gallops, numerous paddocks, and a racecourse that was refurbished in 2018.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Some of those people may be professional myrmecologists (scientists who specialize in the study of ants) and fourmiculture (ant-farming) enthusiasts.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Pastoralist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastoralist. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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