as in farms
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 ranches
Aoudad are classified as an exotic species and have no closed season or bag limit on private property, but reaching them across the vast, rugged ranches of West Texas has always been the practical challenge.
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Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
Horse Farms Had to Evacuate Too When the fires began earlier this month, WINK reported neighborhoods near the Picayune Strand State Forest were forced to evacuate horse farms and ranches.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The rush to secure sites near key transmission lines for battery energy storage systems, or BESS, has led developers to places like Acton, California, a bucolic Los Angeles County town of horse ranches and animal sanctuaries.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
West owned two ranches in Wyoming.
—Amelia Langas, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
Spanning nearly 88,000 acres across Texas and Oklahoma, there are three non-contiguous ranches—Anchor D, Coldwater, and Frisco—each contributing distinct functions to the overall operation.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026
Curtis Russell, Colorado Cattlemen’s Association president, ranches in Sugar City in southeast Colorado and is a member of a grazing association that leases state lands.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
Studies of flies found on dairy farms and cattle ranches have shown that these insects are major spreaders of pathogens like salmonella, Moraxella bovis (pinkeye), and spreadable pathogens of bovine respiratory disease.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
That means sourcing meats from sustainable local ranches and rethinking what belongs on a barbecue tray.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
Horse Farms Had to Evacuate Too When the fires began earlier this month, WINK reported neighborhoods near the Picayune Strand State Forest were forced to evacuate horse farms and ranches.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The rush to secure sites near key transmission lines for battery energy storage systems, or BESS, has led developers to places like Acton, California, a bucolic Los Angeles County town of horse ranches and animal sanctuaries.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
West owned two ranches in Wyoming.
—Amelia Langas, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
Spanning nearly 88,000 acres across Texas and Oklahoma, there are three non-contiguous ranches—Anchor D, Coldwater, and Frisco—each contributing distinct functions to the overall operation.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026
Curtis Russell, Colorado Cattlemen’s Association president, ranches in Sugar City in southeast Colorado and is a member of a grazing association that leases state lands.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
Studies of flies found on dairy farms and cattle ranches have shown that these insects are major spreaders of pathogens like salmonella, Moraxella bovis (pinkeye), and spreadable pathogens of bovine respiratory disease.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
That means sourcing meats from sustainable local ranches and rethinking what belongs on a barbecue tray.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranches
farms
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In 1998, as many as 1,000 birds – mostly pelicans, wading birds and raptors – died around Lake Apopka, a tragedy blamed on poisoning from the pesticides used on the muck farms.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Vegetable farms were damaged by the ashfall, which also killed four water buffaloes and a cow in Camalig, Baldo said, adding that a cleanup was underway in his town of 8,000 people in Albay province.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
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“Ranches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranches. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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