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croft

noun

Definition of croft

chiefly British

as in tract

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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

This insight could lead to more accurate care for those with urinary tract symptoms.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
Although Salmonella primarily originates in the intestinal tracts of people and animals, including insects and birds, the bacterium is commonly found in the environment.

— Kimberly Baker, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of tract

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The opening images find Margot Fogle (Mackenzie Davis) floating in the outdoor pool of her new, rural homestead just outside Budapest.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
The ballot proposal would raise Florida’s homestead exemption to $150,000 in 2027 and to $250,000 in 2028 — and could eventually eliminate non-school property taxes on homesteads.

— Sherrilyn Cabrera, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of homestead

Noun

The participation of Wall Street clearing firms as validators may signal growing institutional engagement with blockchain infrastructure.

— Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
That’s the first of several remaining hard pivots that reveal Aepoh — and later, her Karen kinswoman Aeva (Waywiree Ittianunkul) — as uprooted victims of the authorities’ clearings.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of clearing

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In a California town called Anzar in the late-19th century, Paulette is living with a local magnate’s eccentric son who’s fascinated by the tramps gathering outside his manor.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
That year also saw the demolition of the nearby Royal Lodge manor, and Wyatville used some of its materials in the new building, according to the Royal Collection Trust (RCT).

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of manor

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The Project Ember site plan closely aligns with the location of a 153-acre plat that was conditionally approved by the Fort Worth City Planning Commission in mid-August.

— Emily Holshouser August 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026
According to Rockford Map, a company that publishes plat maps and plat books, counties began developing plat books in the 1850s, and their use grew substantially in the last quarter of the 19th century.

— Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of plat

Noun

There are plenty of plantation tours around the still-active Poás and Irazú volcanoes, just a short daytrip away.

— Brent Rose, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
But then Karen turned up something that stunned her, in the 1800s, Sharswood had been the seat of a major, 1,300 acre plantation.

— Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of plantation

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The brand also has a successful golf business and sells to high-end resorts and green-grass shops including Pebble Beach and other clubs across America.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
As a semi truck approaches on this steamy early August afternoon, Kraft drifts the Jeep left and down a tiny slope into tall grass.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 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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