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The symbolism of a Caucasian family welcoming a stranger — an immigrant who doesn’t look like them — to share their abode, forcefully counters how immigrants to our shores often are othered and ostracized.—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025 Keep scrolling to check out all this minimalist abode has to offer.—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025 The 1800s abode still had its distinct historical exterior and solid bones, but to create the best space to accommodate their family, Mattingly and Botkins completely gutted its interior.—Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Oct. 2025 Families would share accommodations, with Rensch recalling sharing beds with other kids across multiple abodes.—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abode
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Etymology
Middle English abade, abode, from bade, bode "stay, delay" (going back to Old English bād "expectation, period of waiting," probably going back to Germanic *baiđ-, noun derivative from the base of *bīđ- "wait, bide") crossed with abiden "to abide"
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