homestead

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Recent Examples of homestead As contractors build houses closer and closer to the historic Nelson Augustus Moore homestead in Berlin, preservationists are scrambling to save the stone-and-concrete home and 27-acre property. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026 Franklin Roosevelt was president when Dalworthington Gardens was established as a post-Great Depression federal homestead colony. Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026 There is also a special homestead exemption for spouses of armed forces members or first responders killed in the line of duty. Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026 The childhood home of country music star Miranda Lambert has hit the market, and the 25-acre East Texas homestead has a lot to offer. Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for homestead
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Noun
  • The popular modern farmhouse style has been given a refreshing, wholly original spin by Studio Eckstrom, a firm based in Omaha, Nebraska.
    Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Birch Lane’s quilt set serves elevated farmhouse charm.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The former plantation rejects the rosy antebellum view, focusing instead on slavery’s horrors.
    Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Monoculture plantations are generally one-way tickets to producing wood.
    John Parker, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Oyster Bay home was completed in 1915 for banker Sterling Postley and designed by Hoppin & Koen in a traditional English manor style.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Draped across a sumptuous velvet chaise longue within the art deco splendour of Eltham Palace, Susie Cave is moonlighting as a fabulous Biba-bobbed lady of the manor.
    Alice Newbold, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The former Restaurantosaurus site is reportedly being turned into a hacienda-style restaurant, in keeping with the village's aesthetic.
    Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The hotel has 174 rooms and suites, all with plush furnishings and impressive, hacienda-style architecture.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Sometimes hillforts had farmland adjacent to the main enclosures.
    News Desk, Artforum, 10 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Its traditional farm buildings have been sensitively modernized by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, now housing 40 rooms as well as a spa, fitness studio, two outdoor pools, and a choice of restaurants that champion the estate’s agricultural output.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Its loan guarantee program — geared toward larger farm and rural business projects — has remained open, though the analysis found that the agency has awarded no new agreements this fiscal year.
    Ayurella Horn-Muller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026

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“Homestead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homestead. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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