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Recent Examples of croft
Living on a croft, our family was there for some months in early 1967.
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John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for croft
Noun
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Specifically, their brain scans revealed lower levels of fractional anisotropy, which is a measure used to assess how coherent and structured these white matter tracts are.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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More The proposal mandates the nomination of tracts within 30 days, then every 60 days until the multi-million-acre goal is met, all without hearings, debate or public input.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
Noun
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One bill contained in the package, signed by the governor on Monday, SB 4, would raise the existing homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 for all homeowners.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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At this point, Lord Stanley himself would qualify for a Florida homestead exemption.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
18 June 2025
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However, many of those same experts have warned that clearing brush is not the same as large-scale logging or clear cutting — which can eliminate fire-suppressing shade and moisture and lead to new growth of more combustible non-native plants and grasses.—
Hayley Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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With large-scale land clearing came a sharp decline in wildlife of all kinds.—
Sean Lawrence,
The Conversation,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The plan commission, in addition to granting secondary plat approval, also approved a $1.5 million performance bond for Phase 3.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
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The second amendment would delete a subsection of the charter allowing the city staff to have the ability to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove a plat, aligning with the Texas Local Government Code.—
Fernanda Figueroa,
Austin American-Statesman,
13 Apr. 2024
Noun
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The owner collected antiques from movie and TV sets, his favorite London hotels, and at least 50 manor estates.—
Katie Nanton,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2025
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This doesn’t sit well with Mia’s very jealous ex-boyfriend Connor (Aramis Knight, oozing villainy as if to the Karate Kid manor born), who gives Li a black eye with a vicious sucker punch.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2025
Noun
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The fire is burning through grass, brush, and junipers.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2025
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The transition from clay to grass has proven tough for most players, and the last woman to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same season was Serena Williams a decade ago.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Just as plantation owners once claimed to know what was best for enslaved people — controlling their movement, their associations, their very thoughts — artificial intelligence systems now make similar claims about human behavior.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Although General Granger announced that all enslaved people were to be freed, enslavers and plantation owners were left to announce the news.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
People.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Today, countless smallholdings here still tend to the crop, like Jackie Russell, who offers tours of her family’s farm, a 25-acre site producing the Sugarloaf.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
14 Apr. 2025
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According To Nutritionists By Hannah Coates The rural setting of Glebe House, a restaurant with rooms surrounded by a 15-acre smallholding, is crucial to the spell of the place, which is heavy on Devonshire air and the scent of baking porridge bread.—
Jo Rodgers,
Vogue,
3 May 2024
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“Croft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croft. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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