Example Sentences
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The company is shifting cattle deliveries from feedlots where livestock are fattened to its other large processing facilities across the U.S., such as Grand Island, Neb., and Cactus, Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
They are used to supply farms where they are fattened up for sale in Asia where eels are a highly sought delicacy.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
Energesman, meanwhile, has plans to turn the fattened fly larvae into a new income stream.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
Put it all together, and the Dodgers have taken one of the best rosters in baseball and fattened it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
A rare wild rhinoceros on the brink of extinction is probably more satisfied than a calf who spends its short life inside a tiny box, fattened to produce juicy steaks.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
