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Recent Examples of homestead
No heavy machinery was needed for this careful construction, and the design mimics African homesteads, where mud is used to carve out curvy walls.
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Kate Lewis, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
Goodman’s animated narration is paired with evocative music and soundscapes that enliven descriptions of modest homesteads; with these flourishes, information as seemingly banal as the evolution of dishwashing becomes mesmerizing.
—Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
Undeveloped public lands stretched upward to the mountain peaks on the south, a personal hiking haven rising from the sparse homesteads.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
Under the $25,000 homestead exemption, residents over 65 saved on average $39 per year in taxes, and taxes for properties not under the exemption increased by about $10.
—Morgan Severson, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Sep. 2024
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Kate Lewis, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
Goodman’s animated narration is paired with evocative music and soundscapes that enliven descriptions of modest homesteads; with these flourishes, information as seemingly banal as the evolution of dishwashing becomes mesmerizing.
—Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
Undeveloped public lands stretched upward to the mountain peaks on the south, a personal hiking haven rising from the sparse homesteads.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
Under the $25,000 homestead exemption, residents over 65 saved on average $39 per year in taxes, and taxes for properties not under the exemption increased by about $10.
—Morgan Severson, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homestead
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In the bedrooms, a luxe farmhouse feel shines through thanks to soft color palettes and playful plaid designs paired with plush materials and mixed metal accents for a glamorous finishing touch.Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man stars Julia Garner as Charlotte and Christopher Abbott as Blake in this tale of a family whose remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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During the transatlantic slave trade, Tasso Island served as a plantation supplying food for captives and British troops stationed at nearby Bunce Island.Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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The old rice plantation on Butler Island also has personal significance for Mitchell—her paternal ancestors are from McIntosh County and may have been enslaved there.Melissa L. Cooper, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Adjacent to the manor, the Soldier’s House is contemporary in design with a state-of-the-art kitchen connected to a cathedral living room and two upstairs bedrooms.Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Between the sea and moor A roomy manor does not appeal to me.New York Times Games, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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The film, macabre and atmospheric from start to finish, relocates the classic folklore to an isolated hacienda in a Mexican village where a young woman has returned to bury her aunt.DeAnna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023
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She was born on May 29, 1917 and grew up in a hacienda in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.Natalia Torija Nieto, ELLE Decor, 28 Sep. 2022
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There's thousands of these silicate rock quarries that already exist all around the world, and they're often surrounded by farmland that rock can be spread on and that can help boost crop yields.Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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After his father sold the home and the nearby farmland in 1949, per the NPS, the organization later purchased the house and the surrounding seventeen acres in 1994.Nicholas Rice, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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But a number of large farms that distribute eggs around the country have been.Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
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Among them: pesticides flowing from nearby farms, heavy metals like mercury and arsenic and chemicals like PFAS (a.k.a.Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Homestead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homestead. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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