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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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Inflammatory conditions in the male reproductive tract are harmful to sperm production and function.—
Bill Sullivan,
The Conversation,
28 May 2025
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This vibrant tract features a variety of Colorado and regionally native trees, shrubs, and perennials.—
Jamie Siebrase,
Denver Post,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The couple’s homestead has a separate cabin and two barns.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
31 May 2025
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The bills increase homestead exemptions and expand business tax relief.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Now, this quarter’s results could be a clearing event that could reestablish momentum.—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
28 May 2025
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However, because Baltimore City owns a tiny portion of the city’s vacants — about 10% according to a 2022 study — policies that improve the city’s vacant clearing process are not enough.—
Daniel Brennan,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Luke Oil had already received primary plat approval for its station on Central Avenue but amended it based on feedback from a neighboring business.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Rogers will consider: A resolution approving the final plat for the Taylor subdivision at 2460 S. 26th Street.—
Worth Sparkman,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The queue alone, set in Frankenstein manor, is worth seeing with richly detailed rooms and next-level animatronics.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Local experts had long suspected the manor sat near, or even on top of, the 13th-century bishop’s fortress but didn’t know for sure until now.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Why Are Deer Damaging My Garden? Deer will eat whatever’s seasonally abundant and available, so their diets change throughout the year to include things such as fruit, vegetables, mushrooms, grass, acorns, and crops.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
7 June 2025
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Gently scrape loosened pieces off the fabric, such as dirt, grass, or food.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2025
Noun
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The area where the remains were found was once-popular vacation destination for local plantation owners that began to fall into disrepair even before the Civil War as wealthy people abandoned their vacation homes and the ocean took hold of them, according to the Edisto Island website.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 May 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Louisiana, like much of the rest of the South, is dotted with former plantations.—
Maurice Carlos Ruffin,
Time,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Today, countless smallholdings here still tend to the crop, like Jackie Russell, who offers tours of her family’s farm, a 25-acre site producing the Sugarloaf.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
14 Apr. 2025
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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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“Croft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croft. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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