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Recent Examples of homestead
On nearly four acres, Villa Kuro—a 1960s ranch-style homestead cabin with two bedrooms—sits at the base of a quiet residential neighborhood in south Joshua Tree.
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Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 13 Aug. 2025
In some versions of the tale, the wolf scurries off to the forest while the three pigs live happily ever after in humble homesteads of their choice.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
The couple, who've operated a homestead with turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese and quail in the area for about three years, said high floodwaters that swept in during Helene damaged their home's foundation, separating their bedroom from the rest of the house.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
This is due in part to Eugene’s slow and steady approach to establishing a true homestead.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
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Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 13 Aug. 2025
In some versions of the tale, the wolf scurries off to the forest while the three pigs live happily ever after in humble homesteads of their choice.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
The couple, who've operated a homestead with turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese and quail in the area for about three years, said high floodwaters that swept in during Helene damaged their home's foundation, separating their bedroom from the rest of the house.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
This is due in part to Eugene’s slow and steady approach to establishing a true homestead.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homestead
Noun
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Eight rooms are housed in the 19th-century farmhouse.—
Siobhan Reid,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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Hodgson, then 19, answered the call and the duo, calling themselves Daddy, began practicing at a farmhouse in Kent, according to The New York Times.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Gullah Geechee people are descendants of West and Central Africans who were enslaved on the rice, indigo and cotton plantations on the Sea Islands of the lower Atlantic states, including part of north Florida.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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Lung-function testing used race corrections derived from slavery-era plantation medicine, leading to widespread underdiagnosis of serious lung disease in Black patients.—
Craig Spencer,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Long Island Maidstone may be a gorgeous, boutique manor straight out of Downton Abbey, but The Maidstone New Orleans brings the funk downtown.—
Beth D'Addono,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2025
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Initial reports claimed that armed militias burned hundreds of wealthy landowners’ homes and manors.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The hacienda-style home is swathed in vines and surrounded by immaculate landscaping with native plants and blooming, vibrant flowers.—
Emma Reynolds,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Or, upgrade to expansive suites, haciendas, or villas with sweeping views of the Sea of Cortez, infinity-edge hot tubs, or private plunge pools.—
Emily Hochberg,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Dec. 2024
Noun
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His extended family owns roughly 1,200 acres of farmland in the region and grows cotton, wheat, grapes, melons and pistachios.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Urban sewage and farmland runoff turned it into a toxic canal.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In The History of Sound, Mescal plays Lionel Worthing, a talented singer from rural Kentucky who leaves his family farm to attend the Boston Music Conservatory.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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At the time of the trial, troops were providing security during raids on marijuana farms outside Los Angeles.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Homestead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homestead. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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