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Recent Examples of croft
Meanwhile, as the Highland Clearances violently removed tenant-farmer Scots from their crofts, the more communal, indoor instruments all but disappeared.
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Elena Saavedra Buckley, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025
Living on a croft, our family was there for some months in early 1967.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
Elena Saavedra Buckley, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025
Living on a croft, our family was there for some months in early 1967.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for croft
Noun
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The Dead to Me actress shared that doctors thought her condition could be a urinary tract infection, and questioned her wiping technique.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Penicillin and closely related antibiotics such as amoxicillin and amoxicillin/clavulanate, which goes by the brand name Augmentin, are frequently prescribed to treat common infections such as ear infections, strep throat, urinary tract infections, pneumonia and dental infections.—
Elizabeth W. Covington,
The Conversation,
31 July 2025
Noun
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In some versions of the tale, the wolf scurries off to the forest while the three pigs live happily ever after in humble homesteads of their choice.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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On nearly four acres, Villa Kuro—a 1960s ranch-style homestead cabin with two bedrooms—sits at the base of a quiet residential neighborhood in south Joshua Tree.—
Jessica Cherner,
Architectural Digest,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Treatments range from classics such as massages, facials, and bodywork to more unconventional options, including energy clearing, sound resonance therapy, and celestial manifesting.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2025
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Other sources of income include interest on foreign currency investments held by the Fed; fees for services like check clearing, funds transfers, and clearinghouse operations provided to depository institutions; and interest on loans to depository institutions.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
26 July 2025
Noun
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The Portage Plan Commission drew the line on adding a 154th lot to the Sandy Trails subdivision, rejecting the developer’s argument that the lot was omitted from the final plat previously approved after an engineer forgot to draw a line to include the lot.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Pulte has already won approval for the preliminary plats for phases 1-4, which total 988 detached homes and townhomes, plus the lakefront amenity center.—
Laura Kinsler,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The storybook setting evokes the charm of a French countryside manor.—
David Caraccio
Updated July 30,
Sacbee.com,
30 July 2025
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One example is a family office that transforms a historical manor into a multi-use property: part private home, part learning center, part regenerative agricultural hub.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
Noun
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The outdoor movie is free, beginning after sunset at 7:45 p.m. Pick a spot to set up your blanket or portable chairs on the grass and bring your own snacks and drinks.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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In east Fort Worth, about a dozen horses pound their hooves into the ground, kicking dirt and grass into the air as a drill captain yells directions to their riders.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Extensive signage explains who owned the plantation (the country’s first Hispanic Congressman, Joseph Marion Hernández) and provides background on the Seminole Indians.—
Bonnie Gross,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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In the misty central highlands, tea plantations ripple across undulating hillsides in neat green rows, as cool mist drifts through eucalyptus groves and over winding railway tracks that curve like silver ribbons.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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