quarter horse

Definition of quarter horsenext

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Recent Examples of quarter horse Rancher Rick Plummer, whose family raises quarter horses, has sued over the city's annexation of land neighboring his property for the data center. Bracey Harris, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026 The organization lacks jurisdiction over quarter horses, such as Js on Fire, or other racing breeds, which are instead regulated by state commissions that operate under reciprocal enforcement agreements but do not uniformly adopt testing thresholds or methods. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 21 Jan. 2026 In mid-December, Jett, an appendix quarter horse, was battling a fever and had been eating and drinking minimally. Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2026 After Robert Mitchum’s death in July 1997 at age 79, Jim continued to breed racing quarter horses at his ranch in Skull Valley. Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quarter horse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarter horse
Noun
  • The farm also had saddle horses, a team of Belgian draft horses that helped haul manure and feed, and plenty of chickens that supplied eggs for those big breakfasts every morning (followed by even larger dinners at noon and suppers in the evenings).
    Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Mackinac Island Carriage Tours, private livery tours, drive-yourself carriages and saddle horses will still be available but will have alternate routes to avoid the Arch Rock.
    Jasmin Barmore, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • Tickets are now on sale for the event that will bring together celebrities and skilled cutting horse trainers to raise funds for the medical center.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Yellowstone actor and cutting horse trainer Jake Ream will make his directorial debut on the second picture on the Perlino Pictures slate, The Color of Winter, which is due to film in Utah in the new year.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Seatback entertainment can be hit or miss, which is why a compact phone mount earns a permanent spot in frequent flyers’ carry-ons.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026
  • The gasket mount design of the K2 and K8 combines multi-layer sound-damping materials for a deeper and more solid typing experience.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • The material did not want a dog-and-pony show.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • Thirty blocks or so downtown at the Sony Room on the border of Times Square, Reid was the last person to make it to his own after-party, decidedly himself and not Lestat with his hair in a half-pony and his shirt on.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • The track was briefly placed on probation by the CHRB in 2020 due to a spate of racehorse deaths.
    City News Service, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Jeff Siegel, a popular racehorse handicapper for years in the San Diego Union-Tribune and other Southern California newspapers, has died at age 74 following a battle with cancer.
    Kevin Modesti, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.
    Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
  • Osgood Perkins’ Keeper wants to add a few wrinkles to this old warhorse’s mix.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Pilots are highly trained to problem solve, and this tiny tool is a go-to travel hack for some of the most frequent flyers.
    Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
  • Dietitians say there may be some science behind this hack.
    Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?
    Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 July 2024
  • In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.
    Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021

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“Quarter horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarter%20horse. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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