ranching
- present participle of ranch.
Example Sentences
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Making beef affordable again will only happen by rebuilding the domestic U.S. ranching base.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Just within the past two centuries, cattle and sheep brought in for ranching — and then later elk and deer for hunting — ate up the island’s shrubs, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Larry McMurtry was born into a Texas ranching family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
But the New Mexico State Land Commission cancelled the leases in September 2019 after the office determined that Epstein had used the tract as a privacy buffer - not for ranching or agriculture.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Grandpa’s ranching horses were the stuff of legend.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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