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Recent Examples of homestead
Simon enjoyed the hard work of the homestead, but her husband did not.
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arkansasonline.com, 25 Jan. 2025
The loss of this family homestead has hit Kyoko and Kimberly particularly hard.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
The state park encompasses more than 160 acres that was once part of a historic Wesley homestead.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025
Tommy Brooksbank, Jon Schlosberg, and Mark Nichols 13:25 Timmy Truong/ABC News
Rancher Laura Briggs rises early to care for the livestock scattered across her homestead on the arid plains of West Texas.
—Evan Simon, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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arkansasonline.com, 25 Jan. 2025
The loss of this family homestead has hit Kyoko and Kimberly particularly hard.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
The state park encompasses more than 160 acres that was once part of a historic Wesley homestead.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025
Tommy Brooksbank, Jon Schlosberg, and Mark Nichols 13:25 Timmy Truong/ABC News
Rancher Laura Briggs rises early to care for the livestock scattered across her homestead on the arid plains of West Texas.
—Evan Simon, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homestead
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The plane, which was contracted by the U.S. Department of Defense, crashed in a rice field about half a mile from a cluster of farmhouses, according to Windy Beaty, a provincial disaster mitigation officer.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The two have also battled over ownership of a Tennessee farmhouse, where Hall had been living after their separation, and both have taken shots at each other over social media.—
Ashley Hume,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There are Corinthian columns across the front, a veranda on either side, and the ghosts of plantation cotton all around.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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Its unit Panoramic Industrial Development owns large tracts of land in Johor, a predominantly plantation area that Malaysia and Singapore are developing into a special economic zone.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes,
30 Jan. 2025
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But Tavitian, while a lover of fine wine, especially Burgundy, was not born to the manor.—
Ted Loos,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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Qualley is set to play a governess who is taking care of children in a remote gothic manor while hiding her psychopathic tendencies.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
20 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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The Colorado River provides water to more than 44 million people, including seven U.S. and two Mexican states, 29 Indian tribes and 5.5 million acres of farmland.—
Gabriel Eckstein,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2025
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In 2002, in recognition of Zachary Pike's dedication to the community, Phillips County Road 125, which runs through Zachary farmland, was renamed Annie Zachary Pike Road.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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Migratory waterfowl are typically the source of the virus for farm birds, Derrer Spears said.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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That now includes the aforementioned farm boy, Luke Skywalker, who’s getting a crash course in Jedi knighthood from a curious, swamp-dwelling master of the force called Yoda.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Homestead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homestead. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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