- present participle of ranch.
ranching
Example Sentences
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Eleven of 13 historic ranching families would leave and be made whole for their losses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The show depicts the power struggles between patriarch John Dutton III, his children, the locals, and the outsiders seeking to change their bucolic ranching way of life.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The U.S. urgently needs a cattle policy worthy of its ranching tradition.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Cheyenne, a city of 66,000 nicknamed “The Magic City of the Plains,” was built on rail, ranching, oil and gas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Most of those inhabitants depended on ranching, but various droughts made survival almost impossible because of the lack of grazing land for cattle.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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