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Recent Examples of smallholding
The concise menu – which is chalked up each day on a blackboard – uses produce from the restaurant’s nearby smallholding.
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 Feb. 2026
Today, countless smallholdings here still tend to the crop, like Jackie Russell, who offers tours of her family’s farm, a 25-acre site producing the Sugarloaf.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
According To Nutritionists By Hannah Coates The rural setting of Glebe House, a restaurant with rooms surrounded by a 15-acre smallholding, is crucial to the spell of the place, which is heavy on Devonshire air and the scent of baking porridge bread.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
Its contemporary décor is a world away from Heathcliff’s ramshackle smallholding, and includes luxuries like a swimming pool.
—Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018
Today, farmers from 1,448 smallholdings, including representatives of 25 ethnic minority groups such as the Lahu and Wa, bring their crops to Nestlé’s spanking new Pu’er headquarters.
—Time, 5 Apr. 2018
The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 Feb. 2026
Today, countless smallholdings here still tend to the crop, like Jackie Russell, who offers tours of her family’s farm, a 25-acre site producing the Sugarloaf.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
According To Nutritionists By Hannah Coates The rural setting of Glebe House, a restaurant with rooms surrounded by a 15-acre smallholding, is crucial to the spell of the place, which is heavy on Devonshire air and the scent of baking porridge bread.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
Its contemporary décor is a world away from Heathcliff’s ramshackle smallholding, and includes luxuries like a swimming pool.
—Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018
Today, farmers from 1,448 smallholdings, including representatives of 25 ethnic minority groups such as the Lahu and Wa, bring their crops to Nestlé’s spanking new Pu’er headquarters.
—Time, 5 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smallholding
Noun
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Burns failed to eliminate homestead property taxes this year, in part because of concerns from local governments.—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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Homeowners age 65 and older with a homestead exemption would not see a tax increase unless major improvements are made to their property.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
Noun
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If your vibe is French country or farmhouse chic, this flirty, feminine duvet cover set checks all the boxes.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 May 2026
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The celebration appeared to take place at Hadid's elegant Pennsylvania farmhouse.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Planners razed coconut plantations, sketched marina slips and golf courses, and ordained where tourists would sleep, eat, and jet ski.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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So too did the titular Joe Turner, the brother of Tennessee governor Pete Turner and a man responsible for taking prisoners from Memphis to Nashville, but who often sold them into a kind of neo-slavery on cotton plantations along the Mississippi River.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Smith garden on Bernardo Oaks Drive was designed by the homeowner with the assistance of Armstrong Nursery and Pacific Landcare to create an enchanting garden.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Meals center on clean eating, with much of the produce sourced from the retreat’s organic gardens and served on the outdoor dining deck.—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
Noun
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The longtime couple, whose primary residence is a 16th-century Elizabethan manor in the Wiltshire countryside near Salisbury, England, maintains a 16th-century villa and 900-acre winery near Florence and a beachside estate in Malibu.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
28 Apr. 2026
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Though not as breathtakingly palatial as its forebears in Hong Kong (the first-born) and Manila (the second), this third child is nonetheless manor-like, quietly confident, and a total oasis.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The original collection of 1920s plush toys, which originally belonged to Milne's son, Christopher Robin, has been on display in New York for decades, but the original Roo doll was lost in an orchard in the 1930s.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Growing fruit trees from pits and seeds is an affordable, rewarding way to start your own backyard orchard.—
Rachel Silva,
Martha Stewart,
1 May 2026
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The story centers around a woman who inherits a mysterious hacienda filled with magic, secrets and unexpected connections that begin to reshape her life.—
Stephanie Hope,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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The rooms There are 210 guest rooms and suites spread across a series of low-lying, hacienda-style buildings.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Crossing to Scotland, Lerwick adds Shetland ponies and stone crofts, Kirkwall delivers Norse-meets-Scottish history and Skara Brae-era vibes, and Edinburgh’s skyline crowns it with castle views before the elegant glide up the Thames to Greenwich.—
Jill Schildhouse,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, as the Highland Clearances violently removed tenant-farmer Scots from their crofts, the more communal, indoor instruments all but disappeared.—
Elena Saavedra Buckley,
New Yorker,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Smallholding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smallholding. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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