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homestead

[hohm-sted, -stid] / ˈhoʊm stɛd, -stɪd /








NOUN
plantation
Synonyms


NOUN
soil
Synonyms


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I never took my kids to my mother’s homestead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

“More importantly, the state has complex laws about community property, homestead exemptions, and tax implications that can dramatically affect how your assets pass to your heirs.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025

The same ancestor who founded this homestead left his own family behind in Georgia; that cold resolve is Hailey’s inheritance too.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025

Part of these traditions involved refurbishing his "simba" - or bachelor's pad within his father's homestead - into a home suitable for the couple and their three-year-old son George.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

“People do not always talk with sense. But it is good that the children go, especially the boys. They need to know their father’s homestead and the members of their father’s umunna.”

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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