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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 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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Toiling Out of Sight New York’s countryside, where in some areas verdant hills are dotted with bright red barns and clustered farmhouses, is a popular retreat for city dwellers and a tourism destination for recreational fruit picking, beer tasting and hayrides.—
Ana Ley,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Little Cat Lodge Hillsdale The mid-1800s farmhouse that is today Little Cat Lodge sits right on the New York–Massachusetts border, where the Hudson Valley meets the Berkshires.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
29 May 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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His pond and garden store has been in business since 2001.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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Dahlia plants from a garden center can be transplanted into a larger pot like any other plant.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 June 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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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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Multiple fire pits, picnic tables and a community orchard.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
20 May 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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After a lengthy stay abroad, his mother returns to the farm.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
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Head over to Carlsbad Strawberry Company and pick your own at the farm or go to a strawberry stand or farmers market.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2025
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“Smallholding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smallholding. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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