as in farm
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock
many of the area's proud, old farmsteads have been bulldozed by developers to make way for condominiums
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Recent Examples of farmstead
Also part of that brief is Clara Ostrander, who had hoped a solar project would help protect two farmsteads in Milan Township that have been in her family for over 150 years.
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Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
24 Apr. 2026
Meredith Thompson, volunteer program supervisor for the farmstead, said the goats themselves make the classes special.
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Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2026
The villagers are initially wary of this scarred, soft-spoken, diminutive figure, who turns up claiming to be the long-absent heir to a crumbling local farmstead.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski’s prism of a movie is about a house, a farmstead in the Altmark region of Germany that’s inhabited by four different generations of families.
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Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
24 Apr. 2026
Meredith Thompson, volunteer program supervisor for the farmstead, said the goats themselves make the classes special.
—
Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2026
The villagers are initially wary of this scarred, soft-spoken, diminutive figure, who turns up claiming to be the long-absent heir to a crumbling local farmstead.
—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski’s prism of a movie is about a house, a farmstead in the Altmark region of Germany that’s inhabited by four different generations of families.
—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmstead
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Because data centers tend to be built in clusters where public policy is forgiving and resources plentiful, the bulk of Americans who share their neighborhood with server farms live in a relatively small handful of states, such as Virginia and Texas.
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Paperwork wasn’t available to see if they are farm raised or wild caught.
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An uncontained blaze in Utah’s Juab County has scorched 34 square miles, forcing the evacuation of Eureka and nearby ranches as firefighters race to shield homes amid fierce winds.
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Hidden Valley, for its part, couldn’t resist dropping into the TSA’s comments section, while fans in the replies pointed out that Hidden Valley’s powdered ranch packets, which already clear security without issue, were a viable workaround.
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“Farmstead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmstead. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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