homestead

Definition of homesteadnext

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Recent Examples of homestead 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 Alila Ventana Big Sur resort is 51 years old, while the Post Ranch Inn sits on the former homestead of the Post pioneer family who settled in the region in the 1860s. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 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 The measure increases the homestead exemption from $50,000 to $150,000 in 2027 and raises it to $250,000 in 2028. CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for homestead
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homestead
Noun
  • Parton owned a 1920s farmhouse in the little Danish enclave about 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles from 2004 to 2014.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • It's also equipped with an oven and induction cooktop, a microwave, a large farmhouse-style sink, a dishwasher, and a full-size fridge/freezer.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Indonesian police have arrested 72 people suspected of deliberately setting forest and peatland fires to clear land cheaply, as investigators probe whether plantation companies financed the fires.
    Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Many let their plantations fall victim to rot; others abandoned cocoa farming altogether.
    Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Last summer the hairstylist came across photographs of a stately Georgian manor in the Cotswolds, a two-hour drive west of London.
    Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Evidently, Madonna was going industrial—the furthest possible cry from her lady-of-the-manor period in the early years of this century, when she was seen fetchingly clad in rustic tweeds.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The hotel has 150 rooms and suites, all with plush furnishings and impressive, hacienda-style architecture.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • In the centuries that followed, the Mission went from Mexican farmland to immigrant stronghold as waves of working-class European families moved into the neighborhood following the Gold Rush in the mid-1800s.
    Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Despite representing a relatively small share of the country’s total farmland, California leads the nation with specialty crops, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and dairy with its favorable growing conditions.
    Jonathan Destler, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Bassist Randy Meisner was a Nebraska farm guy, raised in the shadow of prominent sandstone bluffs that guided dreamy Americans westward in the 19th century.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Across the region, homes, vehicles and farm tractors still lay partially buried in mud.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

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“Homestead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homestead. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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