homestead

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Recent Examples of homestead Here are the two exemptions: Homeowners age 65 and older: The homestead exemption applies to a primary home owned and occupied on Jan. 1 of the reassessment year. Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025 One bill contained in the package, signed by the governor on Monday, SB 4, would raise the existing homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 for all homeowners. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025 At this point, Lord Stanley himself would qualify for a Florida homestead exemption. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025 Some Quebecois housed troops or joined pro-patriot militias; others joined the British in firing muskets and artillery at the men invading their homeland and plundering their homesteads. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for homestead
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Noun
  • Keep scrolling to see even more farmhouse decor my Southern mom is a fan of at Wayfair.
    Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
  • The blue-tiled tea house is modeled after a traditional Japanese farmhouse.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Narrated by Brown, the story centers Wash’s 19th-century odyssey from the Barbados sugar plantation where he was born to the Canadian city and beyond.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 July 2025
  • If all of these things seem correct, a historian would then look into other documents, such as previous appraisals or the plantation’s accounting ledger, which might be housed in the same collection or might be in another archive.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Rooms upstairs lean toward palatial, transporting you to what could easily be a countryside manor.
    Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
  • Each character can be assigned to dig up the grounds of the manor, peer through its library stacks and even conduct dark rituals in its chapel.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • The company has plans for a smaller project in Kenosha. Data centers planned in Caledonia, Port Washington A pitch for a data center in Caledonia, in Racine County, recently ran into resistance as community members spoke out against rezoning 240 acres of farmland.
    Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • In each interaction, as well as in the sweeping shots of the midwestern farmland, Lynch lingers.
    Matthew Schnipper, Vulture, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • Believing that the first job of the farm system is to improve the big-league team, Preller became comfortable with trading with a wide variety of teams.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Still, the Cubs left the top of an improved farm system almost completely untouched, essentially trading away a bunch of teenagers and mid-round draft picks.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025

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