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Recent Examples of homestead
The proposal, the Republican lawmaker explained, will include provisions affecting both homestead and non-homestead properties, but details of the amendment are still being formulated.
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
An avid outdoorsman, Alexander was hosting fishing camps in the area when a park superintendent offered to lease him an existing homestead inside the park.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Yet on a modest homestead in the American South, a former nightclub manager named Matthew Gauger is quietly reviving that ethos and, in the process, nurturing a movement rooted in humility.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
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.
—Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 13 Aug. 2025
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
An avid outdoorsman, Alexander was hosting fishing camps in the area when a park superintendent offered to lease him an existing homestead inside the park.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Yet on a modest homestead in the American South, a former nightclub manager named Matthew Gauger is quietly reviving that ethos and, in the process, nurturing a movement rooted in humility.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
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.
—Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homestead
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The home is on a lake where Schlapman spent much of her childhood, just an hour from her parents, who live in her grandparents' farmhouse in northeast Georgia, just across the state line.—
Eileen Finan,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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In this modern farmhouse entryway, a dark gray rug with a black and gray pattern keeps the space functional while contrasting the bright white walls and door and tying in the dark hardwood floors, wall hooks, and rustic bench.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Robinson is Henry, a runaway slave from a plantation in southern Texas; Quijada is Carlos, a former medic in the Mexican army who rescues Henry from drowning in the Rio Grande but remains suspicious of him.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
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Like thousands of enslaved people, Harry Washington abandoned the plantation when the war began and fought for Great Britain.—
Peter Mendelsund,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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At the vacation rentals below, uncover all that is distinct and dreamy in Scotland, from coastal cottages to Georgian manor homes.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
12 Oct. 2025
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Other standouts include the all-suite The Woodward, Auberge Collection in Geneva, Switzerland, and the Scottish Highlands manor of Gleneagles Hotel, where falconry is a way of life.—
Rachel Chang,
AFAR Media,
10 Oct. 2025
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Guests can stay in one of 12 luxe tree houses suspended above the Earth for an elevating experience, or in one of the 10 family-friendly haciendas.—
Lisa Greissinger,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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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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Flora represents vast acres of farmland in California’s central valley.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Production on the film began in 2023 in Yuba City, a small Northern California town surrounded by sprawling farmland, the same soil where Jay Dee grew up and once worked the fields before signing to Rancho in 2018.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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By the 1970s, innovations in fertilizer, pesticide and crop development, along with farm subsidies, led to a glut of grain.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Many of the farms, which are traditionally passed down to men within a family, have been abandoned.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Homestead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homestead. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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