Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smallholdings
Noun
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Historians believe the plate lunch evolved from the Japanese bento box — another form of takeaway eating — in the 1880s, when giant fruit and sugar companies owned huge plantations in Hawaii.—
Jake Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Oct. 2025 -
Banana farms, coconut plantations and citrus groves perished in the storm.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
28 Oct. 2025
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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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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
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The rectangular homes often contained courtyards or fronting gardens; window boxes hung below wood-frame windows.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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The spacious guest rooms and suites, surrounded by lush gardens and lagoon-style pools, feature private outdoor spaces and modern comforts like espresso machines, bathrobes, and Le Chemin by Byredo toiletries.—
Kate Van Dyke,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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This year’s festival is an expansion of the annual Apple Festival of past years, offering insights into the early history of the area, the pioneers who planted apple orchards, games, square dancing, food, music and crafts.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Capable of spraying, towing, lifting via a CAT 1 3-point system, and hauling, the Max is built to handle tough terrain and heavy loads across orchards, bedded and row crops, and beyond.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Lightning-fast 6G The next-generation radio access network (RAN) requires high-speed wireless transmission between base stations that exceeds 100 Gbps to connect access points and hubs.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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Marie waited about an hour for her turn to shop through the mostly fresh food stations, which included produce, bread, dairy and meat.—
Molly Guthrey,
Twin Cities,
29 Oct. 2025
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Last year, nearly 36,000 H-2A workers arrived on Washington farms.—
Rosa Maria Navarro,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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At its height in 2017, there were 150 Farm Bank deli counters slinging cheese that supposedly came from the company’s farms.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Smallholdings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smallholdings. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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