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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
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Fink acknowledged the challenges of antibodies getting to the GI tract and said the company’s actively monitoring that as part of its development process.Alex Knapp, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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These organs absorb nutrients from food and move the contents along the GI tract.Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, Verywell Health, 9 Jan. 2025
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At the center of the contempt hearing were Giuliani’s delays in turning over information about his professional services, phone numbers and other messaging accounts — information that could shed light on whether he is entitled to retain his Florida condo as his homestead.Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
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Under Senate Bill 2—also known as the Property Tax Relief Act, which was approved by Texas lawmakers during the 2023 legislative session—the homestead exemption has increased from $40,000 to $100,000.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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This beautiful park is almost entirely covered in trees, but there’s a clearing called Brockton Oval that could accommodate a rink and some bleachers, assuming (again) the NHL could navigate that Canadian red tape that stymied the Lake Louise idea.Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Detailed 7-day Cincinnati weather forecast Tuesday: Mostly cloudy through mid-morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 35.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 3 Dec. 2024
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The second amendment will delete a subsection of the charter allowing city staff to have the ability to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove a plat, aligning with the Texas Local Government Code.Austin American-Statesman, Austin American-Statesman, 4 May 2024
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Later, tidy plats of cinder block-and-concrete houses for snowbirds and beach motels scattered Anna Maria Island as new properties developed along the gorgeous shore.Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
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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 drone took a tumble and fell about fifteen feet onto soft grass, but the propeller guards did their job, and there was no damage to the aircraft.PCMAG, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
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The sparks hit dry grass and set off a blaze that, in combination with another, burned more than six hundred square miles across four counties and lasted a hundred and sixty-one days.Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2025
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The former British colony’s sugarcane plantation system profited enormously from enslaving Black people for centuries.Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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The land, which enslaved Africans once transformed from a cypress swamp into an intricate system of rice plantations, is now a wildlife preserve managed by Charleston County Parks & Recreation.Ellen Schmedinghoff, AFAR Media, 14 Jan. 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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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 21 Jan. 2025.
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