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Recent Examples of pasturage
Meanwhile, many of the same people were evicted from their houses as landowners used the crisis to clear off these human encumbrances and free their fields for more profitable pasturage.
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Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Here in rural Somalia, where about 50% of the people depend on animals for their livelihoods, the locusts are eating the pasturage.
—NBC News, 9 Feb. 2020
Except for some lands offering timber or pasturage, the far greater part of the land west of the line was by itself essentially not farmable.
—Johnforristerross, Longreads, 2 July 2018
Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Here in rural Somalia, where about 50% of the people depend on animals for their livelihoods, the locusts are eating the pasturage.
—NBC News, 9 Feb. 2020
Except for some lands offering timber or pasturage, the far greater part of the land west of the line was by itself essentially not farmable.
—Johnforristerross, Longreads, 2 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasturage
pasture
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Other influencers picked up on the news, posting their disappointment that Vital Farms, which markets itself as pasture-raised, was also feeding its chickens a soy and corn mixture.—
Reia Li,
AZCentral.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Boise State’s program saw plenty of portal action, with 17 players from the 2025 roster opting to head for new pastures, including star safety Ty Benefield, who committed to LSU, and backup quarterback Kaleb Annett, who landed at UCF.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Pasturage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasturage. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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