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Recent Examples of homestead
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.
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Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
But a county analysis in November estimated that ending property taxes on homestead properties would reduce that fund by $95 million, leaving about $151 million in property taxes from unincorporated areas to divvy out to county departments.
—Douglas Hanks
march 13, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
The average Travis County homestead exemption saved property owners $3,663 in 2025.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
What began as a pop-up has evolved into a destination restaurant on their five-acre homestead in the tiny town of Mobile.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
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Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
But a county analysis in November estimated that ending property taxes on homestead properties would reduce that fund by $95 million, leaving about $151 million in property taxes from unincorporated areas to divvy out to county departments.
—Douglas Hanks
march 13, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
The average Travis County homestead exemption saved property owners $3,663 in 2025.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
What began as a pop-up has evolved into a destination restaurant on their five-acre homestead in the tiny town of Mobile.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homestead
Noun
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This seven-bedroom modern farmhouse on nearly 15 acres has an eight-bed bunk room with tongue-and-groove walls.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
13 Apr. 2026
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In this way, Bert and his wife Hiroko’s entire home, traditional Japanese farmhouse and the unique art that fills basements and attics exists in defiance of commercialism.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Song of the South is about a seven-year-old white boy, Johnny, who is sent with his mother Sally to his grandmother’s Georgia plantation outside Atlanta, while his father, a journalist, deals with some political turmoil back in the capital.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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Permanent agriculture like plantations and grazing land was the overwhelming reason.—
Tom Page,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Larsen family leased property from owner Thomas Glover until 2022, when Randy Pitchford, founder of Gearbox Entertainment, purchased the chateau-style manor.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
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The epicenter of it all is the manor, home to the town's founding father, John, and his wife, Ruth.—
Kim Hudson,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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The hotel has 174 rooms and suites, all with plush furnishings and impressive, hacienda-style architecture.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Asonta Benetti,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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Sometimes hillforts had farmland adjacent to the main enclosures.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
10 Apr. 2026
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Most of the farmland in Rock Creek’s master plan is zoned to be redeveloped as single-family homes with minimum lot sizes of 5,000 square feet.—
Samuel O’Neal
April 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The 60-year-old was anxious at the onset of the spring planting season, rattling off the long list of issues affecting his family’s livelihood at their 2,000-acre farm near Wahoo, Nebraska.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Punjabi immigrants faced challenges when integrating into California farm communities in the early 1900s, accentuated by laws that restricted immigration from Asia, closed paths to citizenship and barred noncitizens from landownership.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Homestead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homestead. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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