Thesaurus results for BED-SITTER

bed-sitter

noun

variants also bedsit or bed-sitting-room

Definition of bed-sitter

British

as in penthouse

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Recent Examples of bed-sitter This show began with two childhood friends in a Barnsbury bedsit trying to make each other laugh and cry. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026

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Noun

Rooms Las Alcobas offers a moody-luxe atmosphere with a touch of Mexican influence throughout its 35 surprisingly spacious suites and three penthouses, where dark rosewood and fresh, fragile orchids take center stage.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
Populated almost entirely by impossibly wealthy characters reveling in penthouse splendor, the Astaire-Rogers movies argued with high style against the proposition that the material and social rewards of wealth were dubious.

— David Hajdu, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of penthouse

Noun

To make the funds up, the rent would need to be $6,600 to $7,500 for a duplex, $4,400 to $5,100 for a fourplex and $3,800 to $4,400 for a sixplex.

— Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
The couple planned to combine the two units into one duplex megapad, giving them a roughly 6,100-square-foot home across the entire sixth floor and half of the fifth floor.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of duplex

Noun

Now, Amy Helm has countersued the studio, alleging that her successor, Brian Parillo, used invalid corporate actions to take control of the famed music venue in Woodstock, New York, and improperly obtained voting power from Levon Helm’s widow.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
Skydance, a small production company founded by David Ellison in 2006, has turned into a media giant that unites not only two legacy Hollywood studios but also broadcasting, streaming, and news network assets.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of studio

Noun

Nearly half of existing condo sales and more than a quarter of single-family home sales were made in cash in September.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
In 2014, The New Yorker described Holmes as living in a two-bedroom Palo Alto condo, with little time for friends or dating.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of condo

Noun

At its birth in 1907 in the basement of a Seattle saloon, there was nothing promising about the American Messenger Company.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 20 Oct. 2026
The 18-year-old female elephant got loose from her handler outside her enclosure, then went on the run, demolishing the door of a saloon on North Avenue, smashing in the window of another and walking through the fence around a vacant lot.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of saloon

Noun

Olivelli Deli will serve fresh sandwiches, soft serve ice cream and more from its walk-up window at the corner of 35th and North Davidson streets starting Wednesday, July 1.

— Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026
Lindor went 0-for-5 in his return and grounded out so quickly to end the seventh inning, stranding a runner at third base, that fans didn’t even get to finish singing along to his walk-up song.

— Will Sammon, New York Times, 25 June 2026

Definition of walk-up

Noun

Candidates for condominium association boards must submit their notice of intent to run at least 40 days before the election.

— Gary M. Mars, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
The answer depends entirely on the language contained in the condominium declaration and by-laws.

— Howard Dakoff, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of condominium

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