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smallholdings

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plural of smallholding, chiefly British

as in plantations

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Many let their plantations fall victim to rot; others abandoned cocoa farming altogether.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026
Even though public schooling became compulsory in 1896, the language barrier and the remote location of many plantations led to gaps in access to these laborers’ formal education.

— H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 21 Aug. 2026

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The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.

— Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 6 Dec. 2025

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Early fall also brings harvest-season appeal beyond the trees, from orchards and farm stands to cool-weather hiking and scenic drives along Route 100.

— Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026
His father, a native of China, got his start in the Sacramento area in the 1950s by working in Delta pear orchards.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of orchards

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After becoming a daily fixture in the 1990s, blackouts have worsened since 2024, when Cuba’s ancient power grid began to collapse and Soviet-era electrical stations began failing more frequently.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Before beginning her full-time NBC News tenure in 2010, Welker worked for local TV stations in Providence, Rhode Island; Redding, California; and later Philadelphia, her hometown.

— Erin Jensen, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of stations

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Meaning that the blue weber agave used in its production was cultivated from farms that actively restore soil health and improve local ecosystems rather than just sustaining them.

— Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Taylor Farms works with hundreds of family farms for its produce and handles processing, packaging and distribution itself.

— Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

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