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homestead

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as in farmhouse

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Recent Examples of homestead Amendment 3 would increase the state’s non-school homestead exemption from $50,000 to $150,000 in 2027 and to $250,000 in 2028. — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 If voters approve in November, this measure could hike the state’s homestead exemption over the period of a few years, to the point where residential properties are only taxed for schools. — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026 Here, visitors can tour what was the last one-room schoolhouse in the state, explore the North End Farm (a Revolutionary War-era homestead), and traverse nearly 12 miles of trails through rocky beaches, pine forests, and grasslands. — Blair West, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026 The Carhartt Mansion ruins in Rock Hill are the remains of a lavish 1909 homestead built by workwear founder Hamilton Carhartt, who once owned three miles of land along the Catawba River. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for homestead

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Bryan is able to escape to a nearby farmhouse, but the woman doesn’t stop pursuing him for the entire movie.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
Inside the farmhouse, the kitchen speaker has been entirely commandeered by cast members Earl Cave and Conrad Khan.

— Riann Phillip, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026

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Cora, the granddaughter of a woman kidnapped from West Africa and sold into slavery, flees her captor’s plantation, plunging her into the book’s alternate steampunk reality where she is pursued by the merciless slave catcher Ridgeway.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026
Fertile lands afforded the capacity to grow export crops that supported farmers and made plantation owners fabulously wealthy.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

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In a California town called Anzar in the late-19th century, Paulette is living with a local magnate’s eccentric son who’s fascinated by the tramps gathering outside his manor.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
That year also saw the demolition of the nearby Royal Lodge manor, and Wyatville used some of its materials in the new building, according to the Royal Collection Trust (RCT).

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 23 Aug. 2026

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Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, Marilyn purchased the 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival-style hacienda for $75,000 in early 1962.

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of hacienda

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Researchers at the Public Policy Institute of California have estimated that as much as 900,000 acres of farmland in the San Joaquin Valley may need to be left dry by 2040.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
If elected, Vega will prioritize protecting the county’s water and farmland, expanding access to housing and strengthening community services.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of farmland

Noun

The bet the whole flood control system is making on a super El Niño — to be able to carefully manage and control the flow of water without getting stuck — runs across this patchy, difficult-to-farm ground.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Drawing on French and Italian influences, the trio has created a thoughtful, farm-fresh menu that honors Louisville’s past, present, and future.

— Michelle Polizzi, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026

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