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ranches

noun

plural of ranch

as in farms

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 ranches After a 2025 settlement paid 11 of 13 ranching families millions to leave the park, two holdout ranches sued, seeking to upend the deal. — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 Puerta del Lobo For years, the best places to stay in the Texas Hill Country were guest ranches or small inns near wineries. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Ginni was the twenty-nine-year-old wife of a local Oldsmobile dealer; Morey, when not engaged with his hobby, ran a profitable family business specializing in heavy equipment for farms and ranches. — Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026 Unlike many modern ranches in the West, Hoback River Homestead isn’t centered around a luxury lodge. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 July 2026 Those who are determined to find deer get together and annually lease the hunting rights of ranches at a cost of from $150 to $1,500, or even more, per hunter. — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026 After emancipation, many became cowboys, doing similar work on farms and ranches. — Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Midwest Living, 19 July 2026 Railroad tracks took the place of the river; ranches, live oaks and Spanish moss replaced California’s mountains and open scrubland. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 July 2026 His many projects include Big Sky Kitchen, a show on Magnolia Network; open-fire cooking events on farms and ranches; and an upcoming cookbook. — Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026

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farms

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These networks supplied homes, fountains, baths, and farms, making dense urban life more practical.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026
The prevailing idea is that summer break is a holdover from days when children were needed to help out on farms in rural communities.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2026

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