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as in to graze
to feed on grass or herbs cows foraging in the pasture

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noun

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Recent Examples of forage
Verb
An avid climber and hiker, Egger discovered the health benefits of these plants after originally foraging for culinary purposes. Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 14 Jan. 2025 Here, the mega-rich live cheek-by-jowl with houseless people who survive by foraging in the trash cans of the wealthy. Will Carless, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
This decline is attributed to several factors, including habitat loss and a reduction in essential forage, such as milkweed. Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024 Hike, fish, and forage at night with these Double Barrel Night Vision Binoculars, now $104.97 (reg. New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for forage 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forage
Verb
  • According to police, Tunstall-Jennings’ 29-year-old son was also shot and her 11-year-old granddaughter was grazed by a bullet.
    Alexa Ashwell, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Angus and Herefords graze in fields next to large manor homes on one-acre lots.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The poultry companies provide the baby chicks and the feed to the farmers, who raise the birds according to the integrator’s exacting specifications.
    Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The duo were both bundled up for cold weather at the Pelican Golf Club, which is located in Belleair, Fla. The social media post marked Connor's first on his Instagram feed since April 2023.
    Nicholas Rice, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
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  • Panic Carefully is described as a paranoid thriller in the vein of Esmail’s Mr. Robot and Silence of the Lambs and involves the hunt for a cyber-terrorist.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The need to rescue more searchers underscored the hostility of the winter terrain—and took away resources from the hunt for the Skymaster.
    Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Jimmi Simpson, in a rare recurring Western role, plays Solomon’s boss, Tom Simpson, a disgraced banker put out to pasture at the Tokyo branch.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Things have come so far that last year, BMO dropped its last name — Harris — ending a 141-year run for a quintessentially Chicago banking brand, and likely putting its venerable cartoon mascot, Hubert the Harris Lion, out to pasture for good.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Electricity cables buzz overhead and the smell of silage from a nearby equestrian centre wafts through the air.
    Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • As the farmer tells RTÉ News, he’s never encountered anything like this in his field before, and he’s been cutting silage in the same area for more than three decades.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • That change quickly became a headache for nonprofits that buy Google search ads to find donors.
    Nico Grant, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Here are some highlights in the 12th edition of this report- Google searches per minute have decreased from a high of 6.3 million last year to 5.9 million, a 6% drop that puts it back to 2022 levels.
    Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • In the images, Kelly and Matthew’s daughters — twins Sawyer and Chandler, 7, Harper, 6, and Tyler, 4 — happily pose with their mom and dad along the sidelines at the game, which knocked the Rams out of their quest for a Super Bowl championship.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The question is whether AI can help or hinder this quest.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The allegations detailed in Baldoni's lawsuit have become fodder for this latest wave of online speculation.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Donald Trump became president for the second time yesterday, offering a lot of comedic fodder for Jon Stewart on the latest episode of The Daily Show.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025

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“Forage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forage. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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