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Recent Examples of crofter
The renovated 19th-century crofter’s house puts sea views front and center, with Nordic interiors to complement the serene setting.
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2025
His eight-course menu was off-the-scale scrumptious, and made all the more so by eating it inside the single-story, simple crofter’s farmhouse, carpeted with straw, and lit with tea lights and candles in wall nooks.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2025
His eight-course menu was off-the-scale scrumptious, and made all the more so by eating it inside the single-story, simple crofter’s farmhouse, carpeted with straw, and lit with tea lights and candles in wall nooks.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crofter
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The African American Wax Museum, in Harlem, was the singular creation of the artist and eccentric Raven Chanticleer, a sharecropper’s son from South Carolina who reinvented himself, spectacularly, in Manhattan.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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While in power the CPI(M) implemented several welfare policies, including Operation Barga to prevent the eviction of sharecroppers by landlords.—
Andrew Pereira,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 Apr. 2026
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If one chooses to criticize executive Daryl Morey for trading McCain to OKC, then Morey probably deserves some kudos for the yeoman’s work he’s done over the past two seasons at the edges of the roster.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Lower has the yeoman’s task of heightening the narrative’s frenetic unease.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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Cotton growers today are using more efficient irrigation systems, crop inputs and technologies while increasing the amount of cotton produced per acre.—
Catherine Salfino,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The rest comes from vetted local suppliers like the aforementioned mushroom growers Hella Sopperri or Lystgården, a sustainable urban garden in Bergen.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Generally speaking, this approach works especially well for anyone short on outdoor space, since the planters take up very little room and can be arranged in clusters or rows along a wall.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026
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This tiered planter will enhance your space with an abundance of greenery.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
23 Apr. 2026
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Harvesting, usage, and benefits The type of rooibos predominantly cultivated by the tea industry is the Cederberg region’s Nortier (sometimes called Nortieria), named for the man credited with kick-starting the rooibos tea industry, South African agriculturalist Pieter le Fras Nortier.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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Despite that, effective control over such management priorities has long rested with agriculturalists and hunters, whose interests are not always shared by the vast majority of Coloradans.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2026
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Separately, a cultivator sued MED, alleging the agency has failed to uphold its statutory duty to protect consumers and prosecute bad actors.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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The representatives argued that bad actors are unfairly driving down prices and shifting the tax burden to manufacturers and cultivators who are trying to follow the rules.—
Christopher Osher,
ProPublica,
14 Apr. 2026
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To prep soil for the first time, break up hard dirt with a tiller or shovel and layer in compost or leaves to create a fluffy texture.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The dhow’s captain leaned hard into the tiller and steered into the fjord.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
17 Mar. 2026
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Those who try the reaper heat level must be 18 or older.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Matt with his stick; the reaper with his scythe.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Crofter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crofter. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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