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Recent Examples of stockyard
The Klan organized a boycott of her stockyard, forcing the business to close.
After 1964, Mars largely stopped taking photos but remained obsessed with the murders.
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Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Upscale apartments and condos now stand on the site of once-bustling stockyards.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2024
In addition to working horses, the authors focus on the cattle and pigs being slaughtered in the Chicago stockyards, the elephants touring the country with P.T. Barnum’s circus, and the city dogs swept up daily by dogcatchers and taken to the pound.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
The Kimpton Harper Fort Worth is in the heart of downtown and within easy walking distance of the convention center and a short driver to the famous stockyards.
—Kim Westerman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Upscale apartments and condos now stand on the site of once-bustling stockyards.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2024
In addition to working horses, the authors focus on the cattle and pigs being slaughtered in the Chicago stockyards, the elephants touring the country with P.T. Barnum’s circus, and the city dogs swept up daily by dogcatchers and taken to the pound.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
The Kimpton Harper Fort Worth is in the heart of downtown and within easy walking distance of the convention center and a short driver to the famous stockyards.
—Kim Westerman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockyard
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No antibiotics, no synthetic fertilizers, no feedlots.—
Steven Fabos,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2025
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Unlike industrial feedlots—where thousands of cattle are confined to small spaces—the Koufs use rotational grazing, allowing livestock to naturally fertilize the land while maintaining healthy pastures.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The move to sell the business was prompted by the Wallace family’s desire to continue providing greener resources for food and yard waste on a bigger scale.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
27 May 2025
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At 27, Massey and another inmate broke out of a detention center in northern Louisiana in broad daylight by cutting and slipping under a chain-link fence in the exercise yard, Chief James Mardis of the Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s Office told CNN last week.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
Noun
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The name of the town near the ranch, Teuchitlán, has become a rallying cry for justice and shorthand for distrust in the government.—
Patrick J. McDonnell,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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The ranch has cabins, glamping tents on platforms overlooking the river, and 10 primitive tent sites that either offer mountain views or river access.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
23 May 2025
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“Stockyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockyard. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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