as in ranches
open land over which livestock may roam and feed
horses grazing in a fenced pasture
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Recent Examples of pastures
Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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
The estate encompasses nine bedrooms and miles of pastures and trails.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2026
The Mountain Campus features pastures, hills, lakes, log cabins, an old mill, and hiking trails leading to the House O’ Dreams, a large stone and board-and-batten cottage on top of Lavender Mountain.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
The badger prefers habitats with short grass, such as fields and pastures.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Hannah remembers the early weekend mornings, when chores awaited; the sight of Jon eagerly driving the tractor; the summer days spent picking up rocks and plants together to clean the pastures; the more exciting duties, usually involving the cows.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2025
The grazing of 22 million goats has ravaged pastures, 76% of which exhibit signs of desertification.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Before Nicole put her touch on the place, spectacular vistas of open pastures, green grass and oak trees outside were hidden, and the interior was dark.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Noun
From the late nineteenth century to the nineteen-fifties, the island functioned, in effect, as a company state where, as Pitts observes, the sheep got better treatment than the people, with the pastures as well watered as a golf course.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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
The estate encompasses nine bedrooms and miles of pastures and trails.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2026
The Mountain Campus features pastures, hills, lakes, log cabins, an old mill, and hiking trails leading to the House O’ Dreams, a large stone and board-and-batten cottage on top of Lavender Mountain.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
The badger prefers habitats with short grass, such as fields and pastures.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Hannah remembers the early weekend mornings, when chores awaited; the sight of Jon eagerly driving the tractor; the summer days spent picking up rocks and plants together to clean the pastures; the more exciting duties, usually involving the cows.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2025
The grazing of 22 million goats has ravaged pastures, 76% of which exhibit signs of desertification.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Before Nicole put her touch on the place, spectacular vistas of open pastures, green grass and oak trees outside were hidden, and the interior was dark.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastures
Noun
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Anne-Marie Flynn, executive director of West Marin Community Services, which is distributing the Nature Conservancy payments to people living on the farms and ranches, said 17 households remain on the land, accounting for about 54 people.—
Richard Halstead,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Today, through the concerted efforts of ranchers and conservation groups, there are nearly 200,000 bison on private ranches and farms in the United States, according to a 2022 USDA census, with another 30,000 on tribal lands.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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The pop star sits on a kitchen floor, sporting a white turtleneck minidress that barely grazes her upper thigh.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
14 Jan. 2026
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After someone in the other party fires a potshot that grazes the head of one of Rex’s fiends, another buddy returns fire and kills the original shooter.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Anger swelled again in August 2024 after the Detroit Free Press broke the story locally that the landfill was preparing to take 6,000 cubic yards of soil and concrete with elevated radioactivity from the Niagara Falls Storage Site in Lewiston, New York.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The second-year quarterback threw for 3,931 yards and 25 touchdowns against 11 interceptions in 2025, leading the NFL in game-winning drives with seven.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
29 Jan. 2026
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Wetlands in the area are also home to Everglades snail kites, which hunt for apple snails in freshwater marshes, and other rare species that once inhabited vast wet prairies drained for highways and neighborhoods.—
Jenny Staletovich,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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There were no forests or prairies—land was largely dominated by slimy microbial mats.—
Taylor Mitchell Brown,
Scientific American,
25 Nov. 2025
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“Pastures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastures. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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