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smallholdings

noun

plural of smallholding, chiefly British

as in plantations

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Scholarly writing about slavery in the Americas—which has mostly centered on Black enslavement—has emphasized its economic value in building plantations, wealth, and American capitalism.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Humans are usually the ones who set off this bomb, through activities such as burning land to prepare it for agriculture and plantations.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of plantations

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Cut back catmint, hostas, and salvia in fall for tidier gardens, pest prevention, and improved flowering.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2026
Parts of the landscape date to work by Capability Brown, while the more recent gardens were overseen by landscape designer Kim Wilkie.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of gardens

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Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of haciendas

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When the 2023 flood came, his crew scrambled to set up about 30 diesel pumps and sent water flowing onto a vineyard and orchards of almonds, pistachios and olives.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Football, cross country, Saturday soccer games, football, apple orchards, pumpkin patches.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of orchards

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The stations are standardised, so capacity is added by replicating them, and this line is the blueprint for future local for local expansion, as per the release.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Other stations along the Jersey Shore have reported wind gusts of 60 mph or more.

— Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of stations

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Many bees are used at avocado farms in Queensland to pollinate the crops, so the thefts could have a knock-on effect on other food production.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 27 Sep. 2026
Farm Aid, the annual music festival to raise funds and awareness for American family farms, will be broadcast tonight on CNN from 7-11 pm/ET, 4-8 pm/PT.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026

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