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Noun
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The county’s housing bonds will support mixed-use development, such as the conversion of office buildings into residences above retail.—
Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
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The remaining two residences are larger, each with a fourth bedroom and accommodating up to 11 adults.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This is a visceral, luxurious immersion in landscape and nature, grand, unspoilt and raw, within which the Prana collection of buildings sensitively sit, taking their cue from the local age-old mountain dwellings.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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The first thing that stands out about the film’s quaint locale is that its scant dwellings are made up only of exterior flats.— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Upstairs, another bathroom and two main bedrooms provide spacious lodgings for up to nine guests.— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 23 Apr. 2026
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For families Sao Lourenco’s cottages provide comfortable lodgings for families of up to six, although cots or futons for under 13s (the latter costing €80 a night) can be added to individual rooms.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The team-captain label and All-American honors help, but the real selling points are Schrauth’s sturdy frame, strong hands and a physical style that works in tight quarters.— Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
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For all those who insisted the players were preserving their energy for the court, the Nuggets responded with one of the worst playoff quarters in franchise history.— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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On the moors, cliffs, and hills there are wind farms; oil terminals; small farms, some of which have been there for many centuries; ruined medieval churches and hermitages; and prehistoric settlements, tombs, and monuments.— Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Indeed, the only black-and-white to be found here is on David Zinn’s thought-provoking set, which washes the abodes of the younger characters in funereal black right down to Suzanna’s hotel bed.— Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
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Stroll or bike the roughly 22-mile Geneva Lake Shore Path, offering up-close views of the Gilded Age estates and modern abodes that hug the water.— Katy Spratte Joyce, Midwest Living, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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These influences, fueled by blazing hearths, continue to inform Maydan’s direction.— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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Individual cottages with modern interiors are set up in mini neighborhoods and have fireplaces with polished concrete hearths, heated floors, and floor-to-ceiling glass bifold doors leading to landscaped gardens.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Fire hardening includes measures such as cutting back brush, installing fire resistant roofs and closing eaves to resist fire embers.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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Another part of the campus has dozens of roofs just sticking above the ground as the shingles freeze and bake and are soaked by Mother Nature sometimes for more than a decade for more testing.— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Rectories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/rectories. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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