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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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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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Generations of sharecroppers farmed the land, called the Franklin Farms megasite, until 2006, when the Franklin family sold it to the state of Louisiana, which then hoped to attract an auto plant.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 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
Noun
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Bowood made its name as a wholesale perennial grower for nearly two decades before reviving a decaying warehouse and auto shop in the city.—
Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Other plants simply are aggressive growers.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Petunias, especially red or purple varieties, work beautifully in containers or planter beds.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The colorful evergreen foliage provides a warm winter welcome in porch planters and makes a statement in patio pots all year long.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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Taubel believes some of the supply problems have eased as early cultivator licensees' initial plants have fully grown and are cultivated.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
3 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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Use a garden fork or tiller to loosen the soil to a depth of about 6 to 8 inches.—
Lauren Wellbank,
Martha Stewart,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Matt with his stick; the reaper with his scythe.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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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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“Crofter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crofter. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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