stockyard

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Recent Examples of stockyard Upscale apartments and condos now stand on the site of once-bustling stockyards. Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2024 In addition to working horses, the authors focus on the cattle and pigs being slaughtered in the Chicago stockyards, the elephants touring the country with P.T. Barnum’s circus, and the city dogs swept up daily by dogcatchers and taken to the pound. Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024 The Kimpton Harper Fort Worth is in the heart of downtown and within easy walking distance of the convention center and a short driver to the famous stockyards. Kim Westerman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 Hit the Hay Western ranchers start to get their fill of deer this month as herds of whitetails, mule deer and even elk descend from neighboring public land on second-cutting alfalfa bales stored in stockyards. Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2019 See All Example Sentences for stockyard
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Noun
  • Unlike industrial feedlots—where thousands of cattle are confined to small spaces—the Koufs use rotational grazing, allowing livestock to naturally fertilize the land while maintaining healthy pastures.
    Ethan Stone, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Many ranchers and feedlot operators are transparent about their practices, providing consumers with the information needed to make informed choices.
    Arturo Macias Franco, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • On a recent weekday afternoon, debris trucks lined up for several hundred yards outside the weigh station at Simi Valley Landfill & Recycling Center.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • To her point, Harry is currently at the yard with Kevin Harrigan (Paddy Considine), rather than attending the therapy appointment with his wife.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Huston was forced to evacuate her ranch in the Sierra Nevada mountain range during the event.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • One family ranch will continue an agricultural legacy begun in 1970 even as subdivisions replace farmland throughout Northwest Arkansas.
    Annette Beard, Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2025

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