How to Use open-plan in a Sentence
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There’s this 12-seat table, that has just the best view in the world, and an open-plan kitchen.
—Alex French, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2024
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The open-plan main level has a sitting area to the left of the front door and a dining area and kitchen to the right.
—Angela Serratore, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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The open-plan office, in contrast, has spread far and wide.
—George Musser, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2023
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The kitchen, a focal point of the open-plan layout, was huge but generic.
—Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 15 Apr. 2023
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The open-plan living, dining, and kitchen area on the top floor leads to a rooftop deck that overlooks the ocean.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2024
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The open-plan living room and kitchen area have a French balcony with great city views.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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The open-plan great room houses the living area, kitchen, and dining area.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 22 July 2024
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Beyond the dining area, the open-plan kitchen has a marble island and a brass hood over the range.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 14 Nov. 2023
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Calm, neutral tones and natural woods and stone abound in the large, open-plan rooms.
—Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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The entrance is located on the main floor and opens to the open-plan kitchen and living and dining area.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 12 July 2023
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The living room flows into an open-plan kitchen and dining area.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
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It was built in 2016 and has four bedrooms, five bathrooms and an open-plan design.
—Mary Forgione, Forbes, 4 May 2023
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The Jenkins’s open-plan main level has the kitchen, the dining area and a large family room.
—Barbara Ruben, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
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Flex make the headset best-suited for an open-plan office.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
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The open-plan layout sees a large living room lead into a dining area and kitchen.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 May 2023
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Turning left leads to a 65-foot long, open-plan sequence of living spaces on the north edge of the courtyard.
—Zahid Sardar, New York Times, 4 May 2023
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All the bedrooms were upstairs, and the open-plan first floor had a den that could be converted to a fourth bedroom.
—Mark Kreidler, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2024
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Each villa will include its own pool and an open-plan layout with a chef’s kitchen.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2024
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The open-plan living spaces include a chef’s kitchen, and each of the five bedrooms is decked out with an ensuite bath.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2024
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On the top floor, Mr. Jorgensen and the executive team share an open-plan office space.
—Eshe Nelson Charlotte De La Fuente, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
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The open-plan solution gives our guests a direct view into the kitchen, which is run by Roar Sandvik.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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The main home’s open-plan layout can accommodate up to 100 guests.
—Sandra Barrera, Orange County Register, 10 Sep. 2024
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The open-plan space, complete with its own bar, is so large that I’m told some staff members use scooters to travel its lengths.
—Armani Syed, TIME, 7 July 2024
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The open-plan great room features a dining area and a serene, fireside lounge that connects to a wraparound terrace.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 12 July 2024
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Gone is the forward helm station and amidships galley of the Ocean 90, replaced with an open-plan layout.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2023
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The two-car garage makes up the lower level, with stairs ascending to an open-plan living, dining and kitchen space.
—Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
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One of these, in Hertfordshire, had at its core a long, open-plan, multilevel room that steps down a gentle slope.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Inside, there’s an open-plan, double-height great room housing the living area, dining room, and kitchen.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024
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Instead, subtle elegance reigns, blending open-plan design with a sense of effortless flow.
—Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Screens can even create intimate seating or section off areas in open-plan living spaces.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2025
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