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homestead

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as in farmhouse

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Recent Examples of homestead For instance, Florida’s constitution limits annual increases in assessed homestead values to no more than 3%. — Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 Amendment 3 would substantially increase Florida’s homestead exemption for non-school property taxes, providing meaningful relief to homeowners. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 Amendment 3 would increase the homestead exemption for certain non-school taxes and reduce the annual assessment-increase cap for non-homestead properties from 10% to 5%. — Emoni Nicole McGregor, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said there could be a homestead exemption or a mechanism that ensures people don’t lose their housing. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for homestead

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My family lived in an old Victorian farmhouse on a farmette, which included a barn and a barnyard.

— Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Linda’s idea was to go off to this tiny farmhouse to the middle of nowhere in Scotland.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of farmhouse

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The house combines several architectural styles — Romanesque arches on the tower, Renaissance window pediments, English-manor chimneys.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
After hours, Neo-Vision parks his body in the bar’s walk-in fridge and retreats to a mind palace modeled after a British country manor.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

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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

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The agreement also means prime farmland won’t be taken out of production and gives the state a new water source to help the ecosystem, Endean said.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The property beyond the street was reforested farmland, protected under a program that ensured it could never be used for anything but a farm.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of farmland

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Sliding behind the wheel of a side-by-side utility vehicle, Shoffner takes off across the property and recounts her life story that led her away from the farm, into nonprofit work and back home when her dad got sick.

— Stephen Fowler, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
Lofoten Gardsysteri is a biodynamic, organic dairy farm that aims to make the best possible use of local resources and distinct flavors.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026

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