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
On July 2, A ranch foreman checking on sheep finds strange debris spread over a prairie near Roswell, New Mexico.
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ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Although the Texas White House is currently undergoing renovations, visitors can still take a ranch driving tour that stops at the modest home where Johnson was born and his boyhood schoolhouse.
—Jill Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026
McDavid underscored the ranch’s stature in the region.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
These women are approaching Kafka’s fourth wall, the mysterious way out—if not from the ranch, then at least from the limits that bound them at home.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Although the Texas White House is currently undergoing renovations, visitors can still take a ranch driving tour that stops at the modest home where Johnson was born and his boyhood schoolhouse.
—Jill Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026
McDavid underscored the ranch’s stature in the region.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
These women are approaching Kafka’s fourth wall, the mysterious way out—if not from the ranch, then at least from the limits that bound them at home.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for ranch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranch
farm
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Johansson, meanwhile, is running as the grassroots candidate with a record as a conservative farm advocate.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, 77 percent of growers rotate crops, disrupting pest cycles, building soil health and diversifying farm income for a more stable system.—
SJ Studio,
Footwear News,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Ranch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranch. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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