rancher

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Recent Examples of rancher They were primarily refined in the American West in the 19th and early 20th centuries when ranchers and farmers needed intelligent, energetic dogs capable of herding livestock across rugged terrain and vast ranch lands. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025 Crandall is a sixth-generation rancher, who’s tending to land that was originally settled by his ancestors in the 1850s—but is thinking proactively about technology in 2025. Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 July 2025 Using looped musical tracks that the men lay down live during the show, the production follows the journey of an enslaved man who flees south and meets a rancher. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025 But managers can mitigate some of those effects by, say, opening some reservations half a year ahead, some two months ahead, and some the morning of, so the ranchers and bartenders can make a last-minute call but vacationers from states away can plan trips. Sarah Scoles, JSTOR Daily, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for rancher
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Noun
  • The 15-track record is more than just a landmark in the decade-long career of White, a native of Cleburne, Texas — once a cattlemen’s stop on the Chisholm Trail and now home to a museum for the landmark of the Wild West.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
  • What was once the domain of multigenerational farmers and cattlemen has transformed into a magnet for billionaires, celebrities, and investors chasing space and solitude.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Roosevelt observes that the cougars of his time are docile and timid, terrified of the rifle-bearing ranchman who had come to dominate their homelands.
    Declan Leary, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
  • This once summer residence of the Marquis de Mores—an Old West frontier ranchman—and his family includes many of their original furnishings.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, 6 June 2019
Noun
  • Houston Tye Hinton, resident stockman at the Anchor 7 Cattle Growers Association, is winding down after a long day of branding cattle.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Just as Darwin cultivated stockmen and pigeon breeders for their familiarity with the mysterious laws of inheritance, biologists interested in rattlesnakes have beaten a path to Martin’s door.
    Thomas Palmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Noun
  • His first thought was that this would be a large enough area for hikers to wander around for extended periods, experiencing the classic Ozark Mountain wildness that the original homesteaders of the 1820s had known.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 6 July 2025
  • Three American families reimagine their lives as 1880s homesteaders, foregoing the comforts of present day for a more analog life on the frontier.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Professional bareback horsemen Tim O'Connell, Cole Reiner, discuss May's Music City Rodeo, event, culture's potential for growth in Nashville, more.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • There were escorts from fighter jets and flag-bearing Arabian horsemen.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 17 May 2025

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“Rancher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rancher. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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