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Recent Examples of stockyard
Visitors may choose to attend one of the country's best rodeos and a daily cattle drive through the stockyard district, or one of the nearly 20 theaters with ballet, opera and symphony orchestra concerts.
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 16 July 2024
The Klan organized a boycott of her stockyard, forcing the business to close.
After 1964, Mars largely stopped taking photos but remained obsessed with the murders.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Upscale apartments and condos now stand on the site of once-bustling stockyards.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2024
In addition to working horses, the authors focus on the cattle and pigs being slaughtered in the Chicago stockyards, the elephants touring the country with P.T. Barnum’s circus, and the city dogs swept up daily by dogcatchers and taken to the pound.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 16 July 2024
The Klan organized a boycott of her stockyard, forcing the business to close.
After 1964, Mars largely stopped taking photos but remained obsessed with the murders.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Upscale apartments and condos now stand on the site of once-bustling stockyards.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2024
In addition to working horses, the authors focus on the cattle and pigs being slaughtered in the Chicago stockyards, the elephants touring the country with P.T. Barnum’s circus, and the city dogs swept up daily by dogcatchers and taken to the pound.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockyard
Noun
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No antibiotics, no synthetic fertilizers, no feedlots.—
Steven Fabos,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2025
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Unlike industrial feedlots—where thousands of cattle are confined to small spaces—the Koufs use rotational grazing, allowing livestock to naturally fertilize the land while maintaining healthy pastures.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Illini won that regular-season finale Nov. 30, beating the Wildcats 38-28 to reclaim the Land of Lincoln Trophy behind Aidan Laughery’s career-high 172 rushing yards and three touchdowns and quarterback Luke Altmyer’s 170 passing yards with two total touchdowns.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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The young tight end caught just 19 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
Noun
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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,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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The area includes horse ranches and lies just south of the riverbed of the San Diego River.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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“Stockyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockyard. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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