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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
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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
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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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In an Edwardian manor near Grosvenor Square—where sprawling shopping destinations Regents Street and New Bond Street are there for window gawking—the 31 rooms prove to be a welcome respite from city noise.—
Katharine Sohn,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 2025
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Much of these inspirations are found in the family’s manor.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Austin lying in the grass, 2023 AG: The emotional texture of your portraits brings to mind the work of photographers like Catherine Opie or Collier Schorr, but also writers like Ocean Vuong or Audre Lorde.—
Alessia Glaviano,
Vogue,
19 June 2025
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The arrow bounced off the jail wall and landed in the grass just outside, where staff came upon it four days later, authorities in Fayette County said.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
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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
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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 4 Jul. 2025.
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