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
Annie and her husband, Tommaso Cioni, drove the roughly ten minutes to Nancy’s sprawling brick ranch, ringed by cacti, in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood.
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Irin Carmon,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
The ranch also encompasses Culebra Peak — one of the state’s 58 mountains that reach more than 14,000 feet in elevation — and sells $150 permits to hike to the summit.
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Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
28 June 2026
Set in the eponymous Texas metropolis, Dallas followed the Ewings, a powerful family of oil tycoons and ranch owners whose feuds and foibles made for wildly entertaining primetime viewing.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 June 2026
Then World Cup soccer brought more than a million international fans to the heart of ranch country.
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Scott Simon,
NPR,
27 June 2026
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Irin Carmon,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
The ranch also encompasses Culebra Peak — one of the state’s 58 mountains that reach more than 14,000 feet in elevation — and sells $150 permits to hike to the summit.
—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
28 June 2026
Set in the eponymous Texas metropolis, Dallas followed the Ewings, a powerful family of oil tycoons and ranch owners whose feuds and foibles made for wildly entertaining primetime viewing.
—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 June 2026
Then World Cup soccer brought more than a million international fans to the heart of ranch country.
—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
27 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for ranch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranch
farm
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Because data centers tend to be built in clusters where public policy is forgiving and resources plentiful, the bulk of Americans who share their neighborhood with server farms live in a relatively small handful of states, such as Virginia and Texas.
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Paperwork wasn’t available to see if they are farm raised or wild caught.
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“Ranch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranch. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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