Thesaurus results for FORAGING

foraging

verb

present participle of forage

as in grazing

to feed on grass or herbs cows foraging in the pasture

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Recent Examples of foraging Deep into the ‘world’s last great wilderness‘ In the Nordics, where the wayfaring culture—foraging and getting back to nature—is a lifestyle, luxury lodges have opened up in a flurry. — Michelle Tchea, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2026 Models using those observations predict overall penguin performance – factors such as breeding success and foraging trip duration – to decline when fishing removes a high proportion of the krill available locally. — Kim S. Bernard, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026 Instead, Greenfield hopes his foraging expeditions will spur enough community support for places like Milwaukee to end the ordinance, making foraging legal in the county. — Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2026 That might mean a farm-foraging session at Wildflower Farms, Auberge Collection, resort in the Hudson Valley where guests wander the fields and might pair a morning harvest with a spa treatment. — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2026 There is also an element of magic and witchcraft that can appear in the form of costumes or foraging spell ingredients. — Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2026 But like identifying any kind of wild food, foraging for edible mushrooms requires extensive knowledge on how to do so safely. — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2026 The findings suggested that food—or perhaps foraging—drove increases in brain size in primates, rather than complex social interactions, another leading theory. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026 Set Traps This method targets foraging yellow jackets rather than the entire nest, says Schumacher. — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 5 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for foraging

grazing

Verb

The goats have been grazing in different areas for more than 500 days in a row.

— Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Drought-tolerant species such as coneflowers, coreopsis, calamint, grasses, and even spring bulbs are nestled in that gravel layer, their root balls just grazing the top of the soil below.

— Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 21 Aug. 2026