homestead

Definition of homesteadnext

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Recent Examples of homestead Big emotional moments are punctuated by striking shots of fiery, mountainside sunsets and comforting, homestead greenery. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2026 Lee, who arrives at the Trasks’ homestead speaking pidgin and wearing his hair in a queue, is revealed to be a rare Chinese American, having been born to railroad workers, his mother in the guise of a man. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2026 What’s now a polished lodge—two- and three-story wings along the shoreline, fishing boats named Eel Grass and Sea Wolf docked out front—was a defunct forestry homestead when the Nation bought it. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026 Around $2,250 in annual property tax relief, around 25%, on a homestead home assessed at $500,000. — Elaine Parker, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for homestead
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Noun
  • But centering a nearly dead Cathy Ames (Florence Pugh) is Kazan’s entire intention with this project, and snagging us with the image of her bloody body crawling toward the Trasks’ farmhouse is a tip of the hand toward where East of Eden is going.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Say goodbye to matching furniture sets, gray color schemes, and overdone modern farmhouse staples.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • My mother had a 4th grade education and worked on a sharecropping tobacco plantation.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Initial rumors were fueled by local innuendo and supported by records aligning Hemings’ pregnancies with Jefferson’s presence at his plantation home of Monticello in Virginia.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The drama turns on a young woman, victim of spike drinking at a lavish New Year’s Eve party in a remote manor.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In an Edwardian manor near Grosvenor Square—where sprawling shopping destinations Regents Street and New Bond Street are there for window gawking—the 31 rooms prove to be a welcome respite from city noise.
    — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, Marilyn purchased the 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival-style hacienda for $75,000 in early 1962.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • In the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, where California’s biggest rivers meet, the state’s massive pumps send water flowing into canals to about 27 million people and 750,000 acres of farmland.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The plan would permanently preserve 374 acres of farmland owned by Bullseye Farms, which currently grows sunflowers, cucumbers, tomatoes and alfalfa.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The nearly 289,000-acre forest is interspersed with private property, farms, communities and roads, creating a patchwork of public and private lands across southern Illinois.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Broadly, the idea is that consumers and small shops should have access to the tools, parts and information needed to repair their own electronic devices, farm equipment and cars, among other things.
    — Robert Ferris, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

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“Homestead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homestead. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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