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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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How antibiotics can affect your gut bacteria Antibiotics are medications prescribed to treat many different types of bacterial infections, like sinus infections, strep throat, urinary tract infections (UTIs), pelvic infections, and bacterial vaginosis (BV).—
Beth Krietsch,
SELF,
7 Apr. 2025
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There are a lot more mice, rabbits, raccoons, and opossums in the brush between houses than in large tracts of underdeveloped forests.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Here’s a clip from a Season 19 episode where Holmes returns to his old homestead and fishes for burbot.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, the homestead property exemption legislation was introduced to the Senate earlier this week on Tuesday.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The deer lined straight away across a small clearing.—
Jeffrey A. Brunk,
Outdoor Life,
10 Apr. 2025
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The property’s six wooded acres include a clearing with a fire pit.—
Michael Kaminer,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The 1914 plat anticipated a road or alley that was never built.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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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
Noun
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Where to Stay: Located in the city’s historic center, Downtown Mexico is a 17th-century manor turned boutique hotel with a rare rooftop pool.—
Jen Murphy,
Outside Online,
21 Mar. 2025
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The journey ends in Oxfordshire for a gala dinner in a 15th-century manor.—
Blane Bachelor,
AFAR Media,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The land probably wouldn’t burn again for at least 10 years, because the fire had consumed all the brush, grass and structures — all the available fuel.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Browns are leaves, newspaper, shredded wood and greens include fruit and vegetable scraps, eggshells, grass clippings, and coffee grounds.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Musician and educator Harry Urata, confined to an internment camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, encountered Japanese-American workers who had processed sugar cane leaves on Hawaiian plantations since the late 19th and early 20th centuries.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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The latter sports comedy drama, starring Bernal and Diego Luna as two brothers working on a banana plantation with dreams of breaking into professional football, was produced by Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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