as in farm
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock
lives on a cattle ranch in Texas that's as big as the whole state of Rhode Island
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Recent Examples of ranch
The improper discharge of wastewater used for washing eggs produced at the ranch resulted in the contamination of two nearby creeks and stormwater basins, water board staff reported.
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Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
Katherine took Jackie in along with her nine sons and one daughter on the ranch that has been in her husband George’s (Marc Blucas) family for generations.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 24 June 2025
Rath, well over six feet tall in a cowboy hat and boots, has a ranch just outside of Calgary.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
The road passes vast farm fields, undulating grasslands dotted with towering wind turbines and sprawling cattle ranches before entering Amarillo, the Panhandle’s largest city.
—Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
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Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
Katherine took Jackie in along with her nine sons and one daughter on the ranch that has been in her husband George’s (Marc Blucas) family for generations.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 24 June 2025
Rath, well over six feet tall in a cowboy hat and boots, has a ranch just outside of Calgary.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
The road passes vast farm fields, undulating grasslands dotted with towering wind turbines and sprawling cattle ranches before entering Amarillo, the Panhandle’s largest city.
—Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
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farm
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García Polanco added that her organization is the most concerned about the Trump administration potentially abusing demographic information in a way that could harm small farms owned and operated by farmers of color.—
Jenna McLaughlin,
NPR,
10 July 2025
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Severe weather in recent years has also strained local farms, at times wiping out entire crops at once.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
10 July 2025
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“Ranch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranch. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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