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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This was on display earlier in the month, when protesters outside of a Ventura County farm in Camarillo, California, were hit with pepper balls and tear gas as federal agents were conducting an immigration sweep on Glass House Farms, one of the state's largest cannabis farms.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
23 July 2025
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Dubbed the Horse Capital of the World because of its many active horse farms and significant participation in the horse industry, Ocala is a place of rolling green pastureland and scenic views.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
22 July 2025
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“Ranch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranch. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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