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croft

noun

Definition of croft

chiefly British

as in tract

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as in homestead

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Recent Examples of croft That simple statement sums up not only the slender margin of survival in the crofts, but also the tectonic collision between waning subsistence living on the remote western islands and the explosion of excess and spending in 1990s mainland Scotland. — Paula Cooper, CBS News, 5 May 2026 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. — 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

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Noun

My veterinarian ruled out a urinary tract infection and suggested adding another litter box and plug-in pheromones.

— Cathy M. Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
The woman’s doctors noted that two years before her brain abscess, she was hospitalized with a urinary tract infection.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026

Definition of tract

Noun

DeSantis’ plan would force new residents to wait five years before benefitting from the higher homestead exemption.

— Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
The measure increases the homestead exemption from $50,000 to $150,000 in 2027 and raises it to $250,000 in 2028.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of homestead

Noun

Investors are also hopeful that last month's crisis at Situational Awareness — in which the hedge fund founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner had to unwind many of its AI trades — was a clearing event for the market.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
For the cover of the August 10, 2026, issue, the painter and graphic novelist Eric Drooker depicted the Guggenheim Museum as a cool clearing in a forest.

— Françoise Mouly, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of clearing

Noun

Evidently, Madonna was going industrial—the furthest possible cry from her lady-of-the-manor period in the early years of this century, when she was seen fetchingly clad in rustic tweeds.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
For a honeymoon, Ireland offers everything from castle estates and countryside manors to dramatic coastlines and quiet villages.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Definition of manor

Noun

In addition to the micro-hospital, the preliminary plat would allow for two more lots — one intended for open space or storm-drain facilities and the other possibly for a future retail or restaurant development, the letter said.

— Rose Evans July 24, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2026
The Olathe City Council approved a final plat for the development Tuesday.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026

Definition of plat

Noun

In the early 1800s, the region was home to Hawaii’s first commercial sugar plantation which helped launch the state’s sugar industry and bring the town of Kōloa into the spotlight.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Tourists take photos at a viewing platform overlooking coffee plantations on June 4, 2026 in Baoshan, Yunnan Province of China.

— Matthew Tan,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of plantation

Noun

There are more cows here than buildings, nothing but green grass and blue (or occasionally gray) skies to be seen.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Preschoolers run across the grass, their play area divided by a silver chain-link fence from the rest of the campus.

— Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of grass

Noun

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
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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