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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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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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The rooms Nestled on 20 acres of private woodlands, the eight-room inn carries a timeless elegance, with design features like stone patios, hidden gardens, and exposed 18th-century beams cutting through various rooms.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026
The gardens are on the east side of campus behind the R Building.

— Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 11 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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From the famous Woolly Worm Festival, where locals cheer on fuzzy caterpillars in tiny races, to cozy afternoons at apple orchards and scenic drives up to Grandfather Mountain, fall here feels festive.

— Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026
And last year, a Chinese court ordered him to remove all Sungold orchards in China and to pay Zespri nearly $780,000.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of orchards

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On the fifth floor, lounge seating, bars, food stations and the museum’s Skywalker Grill restaurant gave guests a place to sit and regroup.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
Maini and Zhang sought to take all four MARTA lines to all 38 rail stations in under 3 hours, 21 minutes and 37 seconds to beat a world record for fastest time to visit all stations set by a Chicago trio in early January.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026

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