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Recent Examples of stockyard
The American Royal’s evolution But existing as a piece of the local fabric couldn’t stop the 50-year-old American Royal building from deteriorating or make the back payments on stockyard land.
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Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
Mexican migrants began arriving to work in the city’s stockyards and meatpacking plants as early as the mid-1800s.
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New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
All that remains of the stockyards is its gate, which includes a sculpted version of a prize-winning steer.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
30 July 2025
An agreement with Armour and Swift brought in two of the nation's largest meatpackers, who constructed modern plants adjacent to the stockyards.
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Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
Mexican migrants began arriving to work in the city’s stockyards and meatpacking plants as early as the mid-1800s.
—
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
All that remains of the stockyards is its gate, which includes a sculpted version of a prize-winning steer.
—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
30 July 2025
An agreement with Armour and Swift brought in two of the nation's largest meatpackers, who constructed modern plants adjacent to the stockyards.
—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockyard
Noun
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The stump grindings can be piled up in the back corner of the yard to decompose over a couple of years.
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And then, in the 21st minute of Sunday’s game, after Kevin Pina split Uruguay’s wall with a 77 mph, 34-yard free kick, giving Cape Verde the lead, there was no doubt this game was going to be exciting.
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In Texas, feedlots where Mexican cows were fattened up were hit hard, and that also affected beef supply in the United States.
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Solid manure from feedlots, poultry houses or composting dairy barns is spread and tilled under.
Noun
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An uncontained blaze in Utah’s Juab County has scorched 34 square miles, forcing the evacuation of Eureka and nearby ranches as firefighters race to shield homes amid fierce winds.
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Hidden Valley, for its part, couldn’t resist dropping into the TSA’s comments section, while fans in the replies pointed out that Hidden Valley’s powdered ranch packets, which already clear security without issue, were a viable workaround.
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“Stockyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockyard. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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