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pasture

[pas-cher, pahs-] / ˈpæs tʃər, ˈpɑs- /
NOUN
field for animals
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The residents may have plenty of complaints about being sent out to pasture when they’re still dreaming of the spotlight.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

These ranchers have also grappled with high costs for necessities like animal feed, pasture maintenance and farm labor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Out to pasture: Despite a big-name cast, apparently good ratings and an Emmy push, Netflix has canceled the sci-fi thriller “The Boroughs” after one season.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

"This will be our last year," Deliev said, driving his cows to pasture in the Rhodope mountains.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

I wondered if I could slip into the pasture and milk one of the cows.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

But that focus on greener pastures is as persistent as the apparent blood feud between Texas and Tennessee.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

Four years ago, a major drought dried up pastures and water supplies, forcing ranchers to sell their livestock.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Drought conditions on cattle pastures have limited how many animals ranchers have been able to produce in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

His family have been grazing cattle on the lush pastures of Charlton Musgrove, near Wincanton in Somerset, for 350 years.

From BBC May 27, 2026

One day five lions sneaked into the pastures near Paguith, my first village.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

More recently, Lake, who grows vegetables such as asparagus, tomatoes and zucchini, as well as pastured meat, has been using software and an app from a company called Tend.

From BBC Jan. 19, 2026

And while players won’t get free laundry and dry cleaning, or a menu containing pastured eggs and wild-caught seafood in player dining, they at least get access to cold plunges and courtesy cars.

From Seattle Times Nov. 28, 2023

Cooking more at home, eliminating ultra-processed food, choosing grass-fed beef, dairy products and pastured eggs from certified humane companies all go a long way in helping to shift away from eating a high omega-6 diet.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2023

Alexandre Family Farm: This California farm specializes in organic milk and eggs but also sells grass-fed beef and pastured pork.

From Washington Post May 23, 2020

All morning, Matilde and I pastured the cows and sheep together, with Cheetah close at my side.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

The tradition of alpine pasturing, or “transhumance,” spreads all across the Alps, including Austria, Italy and Germany.

From New York Times Jan. 21, 2024

In the past 30 years, swaths of Nicaragua's vast Caribbean forests have been destroyed by settlers clearing land for agriculture, ranchers pasturing cattle, and loggers harvesting precious wood.

From Salon Oct. 12, 2020

“We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander.”

From The New Yorker Oct. 19, 2015

“And what is the history? The horse pasturing has been going on for a long time there with no objection.”

From Seattle Times Jan. 24, 2015

It’s late Sunday morning, and everyone has gone to Otavalo except me and the other maids, who are pasturing the cows in the valley.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau




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