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adjective

ranging

wandering freely

In a sentence

Six example sentences with ranging, each labelled with its topic.

  • Wolves ranging across three valleys now cross the new highway on a green bridge built for them.

    Environment

  • Eggs from free-ranging hens have deeper yolks, which is why the pastry chef pays double for them.

    Cooking

  • Herds ranging over the open plateau follow the rain, so the camp moves twice each season to stay near them.

    Travel

  • Ranging bands of horsemen crossed the steppe each summer, following grass rather than any border a mapmaker had drawn.

    History

  • Satellite collars showed the ranging elephants covering sixty kilometres a week during the dry months.

    Science

  • She spent three dawns tracking the ranging caribou with a long lens before one herd crossed the river toward her.

    Photography

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