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
Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
Barns and fenced pastures, along with several greenhouses, hoop houses, and other agrarian outbuildings, make up the property’s farming facilities.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
More than 100 miles of trails wind through forests and traverse mountain meadows and alpine pastures on the hillsides above Lake Maggiore.
—Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
Typically, the bird is found in dry pastures and open spaces and prefers grasslands over coasts.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
But if work on Per Geijer goes forward, Kuhmunen said there will be no other routes for the Gabna herders to take the reindeer east from the mountains in the summer to the grazing pastures full of nutrient-rich lichen in the winter.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Summer is the best time to test the soil of lawns consisting of cool-season grass and pastures.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
And history and storytelling are beasts of different pastures.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
For Americans, hearing the brand name Farm Rio can evoke visions of a bucolic agricultural entity, complete with animals in pastures, big red barns, and crops.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Just off Helen Highway, the coffee shop opens onto rolling pastures dotted with grazing cows and sweeping views of Yonah Mountain.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
Barns and fenced pastures, along with several greenhouses, hoop houses, and other agrarian outbuildings, make up the property’s farming facilities.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
More than 100 miles of trails wind through forests and traverse mountain meadows and alpine pastures on the hillsides above Lake Maggiore.
—Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
Typically, the bird is found in dry pastures and open spaces and prefers grasslands over coasts.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
But if work on Per Geijer goes forward, Kuhmunen said there will be no other routes for the Gabna herders to take the reindeer east from the mountains in the summer to the grazing pastures full of nutrient-rich lichen in the winter.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Summer is the best time to test the soil of lawns consisting of cool-season grass and pastures.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
And history and storytelling are beasts of different pastures.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
For Americans, hearing the brand name Farm Rio can evoke visions of a bucolic agricultural entity, complete with animals in pastures, big red barns, and crops.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastures
Noun
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And besides, the sale money went to a good cause, the boys’ ranches.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes the most fruitful foraging spots are private ranches, farms or backyards.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In his article for Mosaic magazine, Israeli computer scientist Moshe Koppel calculates that Sefaria’s digitized library, about a thousand volumes, barely grazes the surface.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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After the Dolphins went up 17-0, the first two plays Canales called were Dowdle runs that went for 11 and 14 yards.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Always is going to get positive yards.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Hailing from the prairies of North America, this salvia is an end-of-the-season stunner that produces tall spikes of sky-blue flowers in late summer.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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In early spring of 2025, the prairies were once again dry, but timely rainfall in mid May recharged wetlands in portions of North Dakota, southeastern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Pastures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastures. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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