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Like most spaces in the attractive abode, the bedrooms spill out to the park-like grounds, which are showcased by a 55-foot-by-21-foot pool surrounded by a grassy lawn and sundeck, along with a separate spa and a marble fire pit.—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025 May Waheguru ji grant his soul eternal abode at His feet and give strength to the family to bear this sorrowful blow.—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025 Italianate abode Dubbed Harbison House, as it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, people in the area know this property as The Igleheart Farm, after owner Megan Terry’s grandparents, Willard and Sadie Igleheart.—Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025 The New Girl star, 45, and HGTV host, 47, took viewers around their elegant, maximalist abode in Downtown Manhattan in a video tour with Architectural Digest.—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abode
Word History
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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