rearing

Example Sentences

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Some dairy farms send calves out to third-party calf ranches for rearing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

More people are diversifying their income and there is less emphasis on rearing livestock on common grazing land.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“Women probably feel like they have more agency in their lives and they can delay child rearing, or even just not have children, that’s also probably a good thing.”

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

Beijing is effectively trying to lower the marginal cost of child rearing while nudging households toward more confident spending across a cluster of family-oriented categories.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

You never heard such roaring and teeth-popping, as they kept circling the tree and rearing up on its trunk, trying to get to me.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson