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Recent Examples of smallholding
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.
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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
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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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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This 71-inch hutch cabinet, made in a farmhouse style, gives you two huge spaces to work with.—
Christopher Murray,
FOXNews.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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There are also single spindle feet, a patina finish on the wood, and ship-lap style boards for a hint of a farmhouse aesthetic.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the 1950s, banana wilt swept through plantations of the then-dominant Gros Michel banana, driving the variety nearly to extinction.—
Colette Davidson,
Christian Science Monitor,
28 Mar. 2025
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Mecklenburg County unveiled Thursday the new design for the former Huntersville slave plantation closed by controversy four years ago.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The front garden is accessible through four sets of French doors in the great room, which combines the formal living and dining areas.—
Sandra Barrera,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2025
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Many companion plants are used to attract pollinators and other beneficial insects to the garden.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Because audiences know the housewives expect nothing less, each of the villas as well as the hillside manors come with complimentary butler service, which can attend to just about every guest's needs on site.—
Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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The perfect home base for exploring Arrábida is Casa Palmela, a charmingly authentic 17th century manor home that is now a five-star hotel.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes,
3 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The palate features fresh orchard fruit notes of apple and pear, dark fruit notes of raisin and fig, creamy vanilla, and roasted barley malt.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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The park is home to several unique garden spaces, including an educational garden, an orchard showcasing local fruit trees, and a beautiful butterfly garden that supports pollinators.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The film, macabre and atmospheric from start to finish, relocates the classic folklore to an isolated hacienda in a Mexican village where a young woman has returned to bury her aunt.—
DeAnna Janes,
Harper's BAZAAR,
28 Aug. 2023
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She was born on May 29, 1917 and grew up in a hacienda in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.—
Natalia Torija Nieto,
ELLE Decor,
28 Sep. 2022
Noun
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Under Danone, Horizon stopped sourcing milk in New England entirely and dropped 89 organic dairy farms, upending the businesses of families that had supplied Horizon for years.—
Chloe Sorvino,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Manufacturing stocks — Shares of farm and construction equipment manufacturers declined amid the latest tariff updates.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Smallholding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smallholding. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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