Example Sentences

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Neighbors judge one another for selling off family homesteads to developers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Thousands of feet below, a smattering of old homesteads spread out like playing cards on a poker table.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025

Years ago, I made a white-knuckled jet-boat trip deep into the Idaho backcountry, where a trail of blossoming lilacs marked former homesteads along the Salmon River.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024

And because of their ability to do that, it enabled humans to sort of stay in one place, not be so nomadic, to build farms and homesteads.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2024

The subdivisions proud residents seeded their lawns and planted trees for shade, hosting patio parties and many a club meeting at their homesteads.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly