free-range
adjective
: allowed to range and forage with relative freedom
free-range chickens
also
: of, relating to, or produced by free-range animals
free-range eggs
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When poultry producers find infected birds, whether in tight cages or roaming free-range, they basically get paid to kill the entire flock to try and slow down the disease.
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Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2025
The bottom line: Chesterfield's days of free-range dogs, chickens and cows are no more.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
The wide lawn, which was trimmed constantly by a small, ovoid free-range robot, ran right up to the lake, and became it.
—Caity Weaver, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
These birds can invade commercial buildings that often house caged chickens and endanger operations for free-range chickens.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025
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Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2025
The bottom line: Chesterfield's days of free-range dogs, chickens and cows are no more.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
The wide lawn, which was trimmed constantly by a small, ovoid free-range robot, ran right up to the lake, and became it.
—Caity Weaver, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
These birds can invade commercial buildings that often house caged chickens and endanger operations for free-range chickens.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Free-range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free-range. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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