as in animal
farm animals (such as cows, horses, and pigs) that are kept, raised, and used by people
a market where livestock are bought and sold
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Recent Examples of livestock
And the infrastructure needed for adequate food production – greenhouses, arable lands, orchards, livestock and food production facilities – has been destroyed or heavily damaged.
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Yara M. Asi, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
Getting livestock and crop farmers to adopt conservation practices was key.
—Nick Oxford, New York Times, 21 May 2025
That might mean removing invasive trees like conifers from wetlands, fencing off riverbanks to keep grazing livestock at bay, or restoring habitats in ways that support safe vole dispersal.
—Discover Magazine, 21 May 2025
The United States is halting imports of livestock from Mexico to protect U.S. livestock from a flesh-eating parasite called the New World Screwworm.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 13 May 2025
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Yara M. Asi, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
Getting livestock and crop farmers to adopt conservation practices was key.
—Nick Oxford, New York Times, 21 May 2025
That might mean removing invasive trees like conifers from wetlands, fencing off riverbanks to keep grazing livestock at bay, or restoring habitats in ways that support safe vole dispersal.
—Discover Magazine, 21 May 2025
The United States is halting imports of livestock from Mexico to protect U.S. livestock from a flesh-eating parasite called the New World Screwworm.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for livestock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for livestock
animal
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Since weed seeds are so easily distributed by wind and animals, every square inch of soil inevitably contains hundreds of seeds.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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Both the human and animal bones are undergoing further study and radiocarbon dating to provide additional context.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
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“Livestock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livestock. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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