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Recent Examples of croft
Crossing to Scotland, Lerwick adds Shetland ponies and stone crofts, Kirkwall delivers Norse-meets-Scottish history and Skara Brae-era vibes, and Edinburgh’s skyline crowns it with castle views before the elegant glide up the Thames to Greenwich.
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Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, as the Highland Clearances violently removed tenant-farmer Scots from their crofts, the more communal, indoor instruments all but disappeared.
—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
Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, as the Highland Clearances violently removed tenant-farmer Scots from their crofts, the more communal, indoor instruments all but disappeared.
—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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Most notably, Point Loma Heights and Azure Vista-adjacent Sunset Cliffs and Riviera Villas were large tracts with good-size lots, wide streets, alleys, smooth sidewalks and all utilities.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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But the short tract can only be accessed by neighbors with the code for the gate that leads into the La Cantera neighborhood.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The thriller tells the story of Hig (played by Elordi), a young pilot who, together with a military survivalist, Bangley (Josh Brolin), has carved out an efficient but isolated homestead in a brutal post-apocalyptic world.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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The state’s homestead market-value exclusion program automatically deducts a certain amount of value for the purpose of calculating property taxes.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Jennie Murphy, who said her home only suffered minor damage, was out in her neighbor's yard clearing debris.—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Nazarian said the property owner will be billed for clearing and cleaning the lot.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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The measure passed Monday by the council as part of the meeting’s consent agenda grants approval of a PUD preliminary plan for the project and a final plat of subdivision.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Community Capital Partners submitted a development plat for the project in late December.—
Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Owner Lenny Moy collected 1,500 antiques from movie and TV sets, his favorite London hotels, and at least 50 British estates then wove them into the 118-year-old manor’s lavish redesign.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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An English manor with ties to not one but two queens—and a courtier best remembered for inventing the flushing toilet—lords over the countryside just outside Bath.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Wilson made a diving stop on Andrew McCutchen's grounder up the middle in the second, spun and made an off-balance throw to first for the out while falling on the outfield grass.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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On Sunday, April 12, the influencer, 28, shared a snap to her Instagram Stories of the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star — who is the ex-husband of cast member Miranda Hope — sitting in the grass arm-in-arm at the iconic music festival.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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Song of the South is about a seven-year-old white boy, Johnny, who is sent with his mother Sally to his grandmother’s Georgia plantation outside Atlanta, while his father, a journalist, deals with some political turmoil back in the capital.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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Permanent agriculture like plantations and grazing land was the overwhelming reason.—
Tom Page,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2026
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The concise menu – which is chalked up each day on a blackboard – uses produce from the restaurant’s nearby smallholding.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
23 Feb. 2026
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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
Cite this Entry
“Croft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croft. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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