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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
Noun
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In the north, Louisiana also had sharecroppers and still has cotton fields.—
Christine Ochefu,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Malcolms and Dorseys, sharecroppers in Georgia, encouraged Black neighbors to vote in the state's all-white primary earlier that year.—
Brian Unger,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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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McAdams, who did yeoman’s work in Raimi’s previous movie (the aforementioned Marvel sequel), is the perfect fit for this kind of nonsensical Hollywood role.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Stanislaus County Agricultural Commissioner Linda Pinfold said growers in Northern California counties such as Yuba and Sutter, where many cling peaches are now grown, are particularly concerned about losing a major processing facility.—
Nina Burns,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2026
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This would be a pity for nature, but also a major loss for the growers.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Shop outdoor seating like lounge chairs and adirondack chairs, stylish hammocks, string lights and pathway lights, planters, dining tables, and more.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026
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Oversized planters or the wrong soil can cause root rot and weak growth.—
Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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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Native to Southeast Asia, camellias first made their way to California during the Gold Rush, when agriculturist James Lloyd Lafayette Franklin Warren brought seeds from Boston.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Use a trowel or hand cultivator to break up the soil and turn it over.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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The commission offers a range of license types, including cultivators, craft marijuana cooperatives, product manufacturers, retailers, research facilities, independent testing laboratories, transporters and microbusinesses.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Multiple Charlotte fire trucks are out of service The tiller truck isn’t the only new vehicle undergoing repairs.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Feb. 2026
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Early cars were steered using a tiller.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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At harvest, reapers took what was in the mix, both cultivated and wild.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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These friends-to-enemies must navigate their complicated feelings for each other while solving the mystery of why reapers are turning part-human again.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Crofter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crofter. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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