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The $60 million abode in the Port Royal neighborhood, done up in a contemporary island tropical style and well suited to both large formal gatherings and casual family beach vacations, was designed by Kukk Architecture and built by the Williams Group.—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2025 But in this case, Summer is happy to hide in her new humble abode.—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025 Take the windowpane plaid headboard and couch of this charming Maine abode and the tartan plaid of the curtains in this historic Seattle estate as examples.—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 5 Dec. 2025 De la Cruz, also in his 80s, retired from business and with five adult children dispersed around the country, sold the big house and moved to a Coconut Grove condo with a few favorite pieces and a panoramic view across Biscayne Bay of his former Island Paradise abode.—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 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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