Thesaurus results for FEEDLOT

feedlot

noun

Definition of feedlot

as in ranch

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Recent Examples of feedlot Victims in the case included feedlots, ranchers and cattle purchasers, investigators said. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2026 Experts speculated that dry-lot cows can’t sweat as freely as free-range cows, and that weather and feedlot conditions contributed to deadly heat exhaustion. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026 That results in less milk yield for dairy cows and less beef yields from feedlot cattle. — ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025 Such systems exemplify how geography and resource optimization can support sustainable meat production, especially in feedlots. — Arturo MacIas Franco, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for feedlot

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Noun

Trammell said the ranch runs north to south, meaning a shift in winds could send the fire across the property.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Jill Cohen, 42, lives on a ranch in rural Yoder, Colorado, and is completing her teaching degree through one such program at Indiana Wesleyan.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of ranch

Noun

This is the fourth consecutive year Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena has hosted the championship, making the stockyards city the de facto home of NCAA gymnastics.

— Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Here, rather like the Chicago stockyards, thousands of dairy cows are fed in crowded feedlots by a method called intensive and dry-lot feeding, or, alternately, kept indoors in barns.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026

Definition of stockyard

Noun

Ryder Ajeto’s first touch in the box was deflected by a Florida defender, but Ajeto followed the ball and scored from eight yards to produce the final 3-1 margin.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
More than 30 yards offshore, a 10-year-old girl was being pulled out by a rip current.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of yard

Noun

The model credits pasture for taking up carbon but does not count the carbon carried away in wool and livestock as leaving the system.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
The cattle shortage has been worsened by drought and the resulting pressure on pasture and feed costs.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026