as in farm
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock
lives on a cattle ranch in Texas that's as big as the whole state of Rhode Island
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Recent Examples of ranch
This new store will be a few miles from the residential section of Walsh, a massive development built on a former cattle ranch.
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Brayden Garcia
july 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2025
With an entire ranch full of dogs, horses, goats, cows, donkeys, pigs, chickens, and bunnies, supplies are a must.
—Madison Yauger, People.com, 9 July 2025
Keen, who has a ranch in Kerrville, is in the process of organizing a benefit concert.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 9 July 2025
After Welles died in 1985, the director’s daughter decided to inter his ashes in a dry well on the Ordóñez family ranch in Ronda.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
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Brayden Garcia
july 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2025
With an entire ranch full of dogs, horses, goats, cows, donkeys, pigs, chickens, and bunnies, supplies are a must.
—Madison Yauger, People.com, 9 July 2025
Keen, who has a ranch in Kerrville, is in the process of organizing a benefit concert.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 9 July 2025
After Welles died in 1985, the director’s daughter decided to inter his ashes in a dry well on the Ordóñez family ranch in Ronda.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranch
farm
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García Polanco added that her organization is the most concerned about the Trump administration potentially abusing demographic information in a way that could harm small farms owned and operated by farmers of color.—
Jenna McLaughlin,
NPR,
10 July 2025
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Severe weather in recent years has also strained local farms, at times wiping out entire crops at once.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
10 July 2025
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“Ranch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranch. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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