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pasture

[pas-cher, pahs-] / ˈpæs tʃər, ˈpɑs- /
NOUN
field for animals
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“There’s no paid staff, and we mostly support niche tech projects, like people exploring new ways to preserve trees in Morocco or to regeneratively regrow a pasture in Oregon,” Khosla told me.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

Now she breeds her own yaks on 120 acres of pasture, foothills and mesa tops high in bucolic Ridgway, about 290 miles west of Denver.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Rural communities emptied as young people went to work in cities, allowing brush to cover swaths of former pasture.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 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

The peasants went over it to and from the villages to gather wood or to pasture the sheep.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

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

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

If Lily, Mopple and the rest can set their part of the world right, there’s no reason we can’t find our way to better pastures, too.

From Salon May 17, 2026

“Take a good look while you can, boyo,” Cal’s neighbor, Mart, says as they survey the surrounding pastures.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

But narrowed spreads and dividend cuts may be reason enough for some investors to seek greener pastures.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 2026

The Polyface turkeys also spend time in the pastures.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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

Cows and sheep should not be allowed to roam over public lands and should be pastured in fenced areas and protected by guard dogs.

From Seattle Times Oct. 10, 2023

When pastured animals graze in areas that are dry or in drought, the pastures are often irrigated or the animals are given feed.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2022

Lee sources the beef for her burgers from Seven Hills Food, the slaughterhouse and processing facility that specializes in pastured Virginia beef.

From Washington Post Aug. 17, 2021

Zoyla and Gregoria and I used to play market together while we pastured the animals.

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

Three of his young men were afield, pasturing herds in other woods; one he had sent with a fat boar for tribute into town, the boy to serve while the suitors got their fill.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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