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steadings

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plural of steading

as in homesteads

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Florida’s property tax system already shifts billions in property taxes from homesteads to non-homestead property.

— Jeff Kottkamp, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2026

Definition of homesteads

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The beginnings of modern Miami Early American settlers attempted to establish plantations along the Miami River, though many failed to prosper.

— Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Starting in the seventeenth century, Spanish colonists enslaved Africans and brought them to the coffee and cocoa plantations that were concentrated in the area.

— Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

Definition of plantations

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With their bright, gold-yellow blooms and intense fragrance, marigolds are a popular companion plant in many home gardens.

— Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 6 July 2026
The cafe presents a farm-to-table menu, sourcing much of its produce from the MAKE Farm, along with its on-site gardens and other local farms.

— Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026

Definition of gardens

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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
While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.

— Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 6 Dec. 2025

Definition of haciendas

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Chat up the people behind the region’s small ranches and orchards – Arata Farms, Kai’s Fresh Asian Produce, Alhambra Valley Beef & Pears – while enjoying live music and treats like fresh mini-doughnuts and Hawaiian-style popcorn.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Private river water rights supply irrigation, sustaining the gardens and orchards year-round.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 July 2026

Definition of orchards

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During the arraignment, a Warren County judge set his bond at $500,000, local television stations WLWT and FOX19 reported.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 8 July 2026
In other stations on the factory floor, modules were taking shape for two houses that will replace houses lost in the Palisades fire.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

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