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 Frontier Edition continues the story, drawing from the image of the California ranch upon which Bowlus crafted that very first Road Chief.
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New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026
The ranch has also been used for weddings, brewfests, and a Civil War Days reenactment.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Epstein was looking to hire a personal assistant and a manager to work on his private Caribbean island and at his ranch in New Mexico.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Sheridan purchased the ranch for more than $300 million a few years ago.
—Brayden Garcia
january 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2026
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New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026
The ranch has also been used for weddings, brewfests, and a Civil War Days reenactment.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Epstein was looking to hire a personal assistant and a manager to work on his private Caribbean island and at his ranch in New Mexico.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Sheridan purchased the ranch for more than $300 million a few years ago.
—Brayden Garcia
january 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranch
farm
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Today, caviar comes from more than 50 sturgeon farms worldwide.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Feb. 2026
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How could kids grow properly if they were forced, from their earliest years, to toil in factories, on farms, or in mines?—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Ranch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranch. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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