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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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This is done through the retinohypothalamic tract, a pathway that connects your eyes to the brain’s master body clock, called the suprachiasmatic nucleus.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Once inside the urinary tract, bacteria attach to the bladder lining, multiply and trigger inflammation – resulting in the hallmark symptoms of infection.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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New England circa the 17th century is the setting for this enigmatic tale of an outcast Puritan family haunted by superstition, paranoia, disappearances, and the growing fear that something in the deep, dark woods surrounding their homestead is attacking their rigid faith.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Poehler, 54, then asked about McKinnon’s motivations for living on the homestead.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The appeal of a head-clearing or aromatic essential oil is nothing new.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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Miami hums as a warm-weather clearing house for Latin American taste and capital, part art fair, part duty-free fever dream with better coffee.—
Paul Jebara,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But standout dishes signal a distinctly New York French lens: omelette à plat with red prawns and Hokkaido uni, bluefin tuna au citron with caviar.—
Mehr Singh,
Vogue,
24 Oct. 2025
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Rosemount City Council approved a preliminary, final plat and rezoning from A-2 Agriculture to B-2 Employment for the project in February, said Adam Kienberger, community development director for the city.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The vacation spot, which is on the grounds of a 17th-century manor, is available for a minimum of two nights starting from £360, or about $470.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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The tragic death of the Sepulveda family patriarch calls his descendants back to Villa Sepulveda, a Spanish colonial manor in a coconut plantation; but a landslide traps the guests inside, transforming the funeral plans into a supernatural reckoning of sins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Thousands of kids are in the transfer portal looking for greener grass, either in cash, playing time or a sexier stage.—
Mac Engel
January 9,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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Investments in controlling invasive species have led to a 75 percent reduction in the area overtaken by melaleuca, a particularly thirsty tree species introduced in the river of grass near the turn of the 20th century to help drain it.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Scott’s first wife had been sold away and sent to a plantation in Arkansas.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The tragic death of the Sepulveda family patriarch calls his descendants back to Villa Sepulveda, a Spanish colonial manor in a coconut plantation; but a landslide traps the guests inside, transforming the funeral plans into a supernatural reckoning of sins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 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
Cite this Entry
“Croft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croft. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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