homesteads

plural of homestead

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for homesteads
Noun
  • Gullah Geechee people are descendants of West and Central Africans who were enslaved on the rice, indigo and cotton plantations on the Sea Islands of the lower Atlantic states, including part of north Florida.
    Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
  • De Boré’s demonstration set off a boom in sugar production on plantations in southern Louisiana.
    Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Initial reports claimed that armed militias burned hundreds of wealthy landowners’ homes and manors.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Producers searched for historic manors with the electrical capacity to support twelve ovens and an entire crew.
    Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • At the time of the trial, troops were providing security during raids on marijuana farms outside Los Angeles.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Her work to cut government waste, stop the abuse of taxpayer dollars, protect Iowa's farms and small businesses, and pass Sarah's Law has left a lasting impact.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Homesteads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homesteads. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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