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Recent Examples of croft
Living on a croft, our family was there for some months in early 1967.
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John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for croft
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Environmental triggers include exposure to specific toxins, nail polish, or hair dye, smoking, and certain infections, such as urinary tract infections (UTIs).2 Risk Factors Several factors raise your chances of developing primary biliary cholangitis.Mark Gurarie, Health, 13 Dec. 2024
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The criteria was only in effect for one year, and beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the school system put in place a new plan that relies on grades, census tracts and performance on a standardized test.Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
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The designation encompasses the saltwater farm and homestead established by Perkins’ ancestors in the 1750s.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Her family’s 57-acre homestead along the Damariscotta River was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2014.Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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One actually needs to go into the forest and find a clearing.Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2024
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Like walking into the dense Amazonian jungle and suddenly finding yourself in an open clearing, the entryway is a narrow, curving driveway that spits visitors into a cavernous inner chamber.Dalya Benor, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
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The second amendment will delete a subsection of the charter allowing city staff to have the ability to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove a plat, aligning with the Texas Local Government Code.Austin American-Statesman, Austin American-Statesman, 4 May 2024
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Later, tidy plats of cinder block-and-concrete houses for snowbirds and beach motels scattered Anna Maria Island as new properties developed along the gorgeous shore.Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
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This magnificent 18th-century manor turned 5-star hotel with 150 acres of gardens originally served as the home of the third Duke of Marlborough.Meredith Lepore, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
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Located just moments from the prestigious links of The Country Club, the picturesque Brookline reservoir, and upscale shopping and dining, the estate offers the seclusion and luxury of a country manor without giving up the joys of zipping away to the city.Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
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Check the lawn and monitor for any unwanted plants sharing space in the grass.Lauren David, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2024
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Other footage showed part of its fuselage ripped away from the wings and the rest of the aircraft lying upside in the grass.Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Dec. 2024
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In truth, there is apparently no eyewitness account—and possibly as few as three questionable second-hand accounts—from before the Civil War that this Yule Log custom ever took hold on a single Southern plantation much less across the entire South.Robert E. May / Made by History, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Underground Railroad, both a history and an allegory about an enslaved woman who escapes from a Southern plantation, became an unblinkingly strong Prime Video series.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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“Croft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croft. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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