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Recent Examples of farmhouse
When a naïve piglet named Lucky (Gaten Matarazzo) rises to farmhouse leadership alongside the cunning boar Napoleon (Seth Rogen), the revolution sparked by their human farmer’s bankruptcy in the film‘s first act takes a turn for the fascist worse.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
First a farmhouse, the building itself was redesigned by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for George and Nelle Fabyan in 1907.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
The headboard brings a traditional design element, and it’s accented with shiplap-like boards for a truly farmhouse feel.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
The oldest bookstore on our list, Baldwin’s Book Barn in western Pennsylvania, was built in 1822 as a farmhouse before William and Lilla Baldwin converted it into the permanent home of their then-roaming bookselling business in 1946.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
First a farmhouse, the building itself was redesigned by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for George and Nelle Fabyan in 1907.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
The headboard brings a traditional design element, and it’s accented with shiplap-like boards for a truly farmhouse feel.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
The oldest bookstore on our list, Baldwin’s Book Barn in western Pennsylvania, was built in 1822 as a farmhouse before William and Lilla Baldwin converted it into the permanent home of their then-roaming bookselling business in 1946.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmhouse
Noun
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Burns failed to eliminate homestead property taxes this year, in part because of concerns from local governments.—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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Homeowners age 65 and older with a homestead exemption would not see a tax increase unless major improvements are made to their property.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
Noun
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This was the manor home of Edward Knight, who had been adopted by distant relatives Thomas and Catherine Knight and made their heir.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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Chawton House was the manor home of Edward Knight — Jane’s brother, who was adopted by distant relatives Thomas and Catherine Knight and made their heir.—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 May 2026
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Planners razed coconut plantations, sketched marina slips and golf courses, and ordained where tourists would sleep, eat, and jet ski.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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So too did the titular Joe Turner, the brother of Tennessee governor Pete Turner and a man responsible for taking prisoners from Memphis to Nashville, but who often sold them into a kind of neo-slavery on cotton plantations along the Mississippi River.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The story centers around a woman who inherits a mysterious hacienda filled with magic, secrets and unexpected connections that begin to reshape her life.—
Stephanie Hope,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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The rooms There are 210 guest rooms and suites spread across a series of low-lying, hacienda-style buildings.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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In areas surrounding the city’s textile clusters, wastewater from dyeing units flows through open drains that cut across farmland and residential neighborhoods.—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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The administration says the project is necessary to protect water deliveries for 27 million Californians and roughly 750,000 acres of farmland while improving reliability during earthquakes and extreme storm systems.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
Noun
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The whisky has a layered and complex nose, almost quirky, with earthy/farmyard aromas and pancake syrup, followed by black pepper and espresso bitterness that add depth.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Your littlest charges will marvel at the size of the camels, tortoises and giraffes lumbering about the zoo’s meandering paths, and then eagerly pet goats and sheep in the farmyard.—
Susan McDonald,
The Providence Journal,
26 Mar. 2026
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The precocious Church was embraced by the Cole household at a farm, known as Cedar Grove, in Catskill.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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In 1998, as many as 1,000 birds – mostly pelicans, wading birds and raptors – died around Lake Apopka, a tragedy blamed on poisoning from the pesticides used on the muck farms.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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“Farmhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmhouse. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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