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Recent Examples of farmhouseThe kitchen of this single-story home features stainless appliances, quartz countertops and an oversized farmhouse sink.—Kelley Bruss, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026 Two men had stayed at the farmhouse to cook dinner for everyone.—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026 Some might stay, like farmhouse decor while others fade and come back around decades later—looking at you 1950s pastels and glass blocks of the 80s.—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026 Barb Deardorff, who lives near Tefft, said Tuesday night’s storm damaged her pool cover, uprooted a tree, and left debris in her yard that’s not from her one-story farmhouse.—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for farmhouse
This is the standard homestead exemption to qualify for the $140,000 deduction and optional homestead exemptions levied by local entities.
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Sasha Richie,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Mar. 2026
While the House approved a ballot proposal to eliminate all non-school taxes for homestead properties, the Senate favored less severe cuts to local government revenue and left the issue to be addressed later this spring or summer.
The commodities produced by slaves — sugar, tobacco, rum, and molasses — were shipped back to Europe, making vast amounts of money for British banks and the plantation owners in Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland.
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Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
The fire trend is linked to the proliferation of nonnative and highly flammable grasses, particularly on fallowed landscapes once used for sugar and pineapple plantations.
The hotel has 174 rooms and suites, all with plush furnishings and impressive, hacienda-style architecture.
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Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
Renovations over the last several years have given rooms and suites a more modern design feel, with color palettes that highlight desert hues—all accommodations feature large sliding glass doors to patios or balconies for enjoying views of the expansive, hacienda-style grounds.
Still, a list of all properties across the 2 miles were listed in the first grant award from the state in May 2022, noting at least some could be added to the farmland.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
As the Indian Land panhandle continues to fill in, transitioning once rural farmland into a bustling community, more new homes than ever are being approved in the middle and southern parts of the county.
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.
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Susan McDonald,
The Providence Journal,
26 Mar. 2026
The 1952 novel follows the story of an unlikely farmyard friendship between a spider named Charlotte and a pig named Wilbur.
Slotkin says her office is working to protect those programs in the upcoming farm bill and broaden alliances to ensure urban growers are represented at the federal level.
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Hannah McIlree,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
Agriculture is the backbone of many ASEAN economies like Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam, where smallholder farms of rice, maize, and oil palm provide employment and food security.