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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
Noun
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The ability of sperm to properly swim through the female reproductive tract to reach and fertilize an egg is called motility.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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About 90% of the mood-boosting hormone and neurotransmitter serotonin is produced in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, making a healthy gut important for its production.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Young’s other amendments included offering homestead exemptions to those 65 years old and older and an idea to address the maximum increase in property tax liability to 3% for local governments.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2025
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How to visit The homestead is located about an hour’s drive from Portland, Maine.—
Eve Chen,
USA TODAY,
16 Dec. 2024
Noun
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So Power of Mama members have started patrolling for fire risks, urging farmers to follow the rules about slash-and-burn clearing, and challenging stereotypes about women’s roles in rural Indonesian life along the way.—
Sara Miller Llana,
The Christian Science Monitor,
6 Mar. 2025
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To strike a balance in protecting these critters while also proactively protecting your garden, focus on clearing areas where pests have a history of populating.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As part of the plat request, the developer is seeking a code variance that will allow for a two-lane, 24-foot-wide private entrance drive.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Approved a preliminary plat for Top 10 Options of Hutchinson, comprising 13 single-family lots near Northwoods Park.—
Janean Sorrell,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But after World War II, the lady of the manor moved her driver out and moved herself in.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
31 Jan. 2025
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Angus and Herefords graze in fields next to large manor homes on one-acre lots.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Weed-and-feeds can be substituted for normal feedings; apply when the grass is growing.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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Allen Villanueva sat at the top of a hill of artificial grass in San Francisco with his shih tzu, Gio, looking down at the plaza outside UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Mission Bay.—
Jia H. Jung,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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On her quest, Jones trawled through thick college archives and made difficult plantation visits.—
Sara Georgini,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Mar. 2025
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In Maryland, Catholics often operated plantations to finance their outreach and to comply with colonial law limiting their religious services to private property; their manor houses often featured adjoining chapels.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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 12 Mar. 2025.
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