Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homesteads
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The storm’s heavy rains caused widespread flooding that killed at least 43 people and led to the destruction of banana plantations, sorghum, beans, cassava, coffee and other crops as well as the loss of livestock.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026 -
When some of these planters defaulted, Jacob repossessed their plantations.—
Brenda Wineapple,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Let alone seek revenge by annexing the manors of your enemies.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
4 Feb. 2026
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Virginia‘s countryside is dotted with traditional farmhouses and manors, but one in the foothills of the Southwest Mountains has been given a contemporary twist by a New York architect.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
23 Oct. 2025
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The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.—
Adrian Madlener,
Curbed,
6 Dec. 2025
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At their regular density levels in Australian farmlands, the researchers estimated that brown snakes alone might remove thousands of mice annually for every square kilometer of farmland.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
15 Mar. 2026
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Shock waves from the war are threatening England’s idyllic farms.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
6 Apr. 2026
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However, many Ag Reserve landowners still orient their lifestyles around agriculture through farms, nurseries and equestrians operators.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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