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Recent Examples of smallholding
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.
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
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
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
Today, farmers from 1,448 smallholdings, including representatives of 25 ethnic minority groups such as the Lahu and Wa, bring their crops to Nestlé’s spanking new Pu’er headquarters.
—Time, 5 Apr. 2018
Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
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
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
Today, farmers from 1,448 smallholdings, including representatives of 25 ethnic minority groups such as the Lahu and Wa, bring their crops to Nestlé’s spanking new Pu’er headquarters.
—Time, 5 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smallholding
Noun
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The bill before lawmakers this legislative session allows for additional state aid for districts affected by homestead exemption increases.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 May 2025
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Best of all, the homestead comes with its own dedicated guide, tracker and vehicle, and a host and chef, all ready to fulfill your loftiest aspirations each day by orchestrating unforgettable encounters, meals, and moments that speak to every member of the family.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
AFAR Media,
16 May 2025
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The film follows single mother who moves in with her own mother to renovate a fading suburban farmhouse.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Photo : Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty A farmhouse sink for filling vases is tucked into the one corner.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
15 May 2025
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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
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The makeover, budgeted for $42 million including $35 million for construction, also includes an amphitheater, a butterfly garden, six tennis courts, a children’s playground, a dog park, a boardwalk, covered pavilions, outdoor workout equipment, and an amphitheater.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
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The resort team has planted only native flora on the premises and is working on a larger replanting effort, creating a wild garden near Asaya Spa.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
22 May 2025
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Set in 1858, the story centers on a governess named Winifred Notty, hiding her psychopathic tendencies while arriving to work at a remote gothic manor.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2025
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The Langley is the former manor home of the third Duke of Marlborough and rooms cost more than $600 per night.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Paths throughout the property take you past heritage rose gardens and a one-acre apple orchard.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
28 May 2025
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The affair requires shipping nearly 2 million honeybee colonies from all across the country to California orchards.—
Joanna Thompson,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2025
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The hacienda-style home is swathed in vines and surrounded by immaculate landscaping with native plants and blooming, vibrant flowers.—
Emma Reynolds,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Or, upgrade to expansive suites, haciendas, or villas with sweeping views of the Sea of Cortez, infinity-edge hot tubs, or private plunge pools.—
Emily Hochberg,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Dec. 2024
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The habitat is crisscrossed by roads, railways, coal mines, ski resorts, farms, rural properties and small towns.—
Lesley Evans Ogden,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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In another incident at the same farm, a former manager of the farm broke into a worker’s trailer and threatened to kill him and his family.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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“Smallholding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smallholding. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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