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noun

plural of pasture

as in ranches

open land over which livestock may roam and feed horses grazing in a fenced pasture

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verb

present tense third-person singular of pasture

as in grazes

to feed on grass or herbs pasturing sheep on town lands was actually a cheaper alternative to mowing

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While reporting on wolves attacking livestock in Northern California, I was stunned to learn some shepherds put donkeys in their pastures to ward off predators. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 These arid plains dotted with date palms were once full of natural lakes and lush pastures on which local inhabitants roamed and grazed their livestock. — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026 The 43-room red-brick hotel shares its vast 375 acres with an 18-hole golf course, a spa, as well as a cricket ground and horse pastures. — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026 To see them — from an appropriate distance, of course — visit the Windmill and West Traps pastures. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 23 Sep. 2026 Mixed-use pastures known as dehesas were planted with crops and peppered with oak trees, which provided cork and firewood. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026 Groundhogs Groundhogs prefer to live near pastures, along the edges of woods, or under sheds or structures. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2026 Prolonged periods of drought are scorching French pastures, leeching them of their usual lush green vitality and leaving behind parched, lifeless yellow fields. — Vivian Song, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 The animals tear up crops, pastures, fences, roads and waterways, damage habitat used by native wildlife and can carry diseases capable of affecting livestock, wildlife and humans. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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Together, the summer and winter ranches comprise the finest of mule-deer range.

— Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026
Every night, Pereyra listened at the same time, hoping to receive a brief update from his family members, most of whom worked on ranches scattered across thousands of square miles.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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When the drone flies near an object and a whisker grazes or bends against a surface, the pressure changes at the base are measured in under two milliseconds, enabling the drone to calculate contact location and depth with millimeter precision.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
The ranch already grazes its cattle on the adjacent public parcel through a lease with the BLM.

— Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of grazes

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The second-year back is on pace to rushing for 1,000 yards if his yards per carry average stays consistent, and he’s given at least 13 carries a game the rest of the season.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
The Rams amassed over 400 total yards, gained 30-plus first downs, scored five touchdowns, converted 50 percent of their third downs, and committed zero turnovers against the Bills.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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Vintage finds, including an antique Swedish farm table, sit alongside custom bronze racks, while a swath of grass has been installed along the length of the shopfront window, nodding to the prairies of Wescoat Pound’s native Midwest.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Over his shoulder was an enormous portrait of the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader Carrie Nation, an icon of resistance to the excesses of the first Gilded Age, when similar discontent had roiled the prairies.

— Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

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