homesteads

plural of homestead

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Europe wanted slaves for American plantations.
    Clifton Crais, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Spanish subjugated and enslaved the indigenous population of the Canaries—the Guanches—exporting some of them to Madeira or Europe, while others were forced to labor on Canarian sugar plantations.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Designed for a Vanderbilt who never moved in, its monumental rooms were plucked from European manors and have somehow remained more or less unchanged for nearly a century.
    Robert Khederian, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Initial reports claimed that armed militias burned hundreds of wealthy landowners’ homes and manors.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Most of the poultry farms applying litter are in Arkansas, according to court testimony.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • These small California farmers operated entirely differently than the industrial farms in the United States, which prioritized transportability and profits over flavor and health.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
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