as in cottage
a house having one or one and a half stories and often a front porch
She bought a small bungalow just outside the city.
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Recent Examples of bungalow
There are 15 contemporary mountain bungalows spread across the property, with a total of 24 rooms and suites that feature calm earth tones, local coffee, and rain showers with windows opening up to the foliage outside.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2026
Those who produce are embraced even when they're photographed embracing a female reporter on the roof of some Arizona resort bungalow.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The hotel and day spa added eight new bungalows in 2025 to keep up with demand.
—Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Eve Plumb sat on a sofa in a Hollywood studio bungalow in 1969, a 10-year-old child actress listening quietly as two men decided her fate.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2026
Those who produce are embraced even when they're photographed embracing a female reporter on the roof of some Arizona resort bungalow.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The hotel and day spa added eight new bungalows in 2025 to keep up with demand.
—Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Eve Plumb sat on a sofa in a Hollywood studio bungalow in 1969, a 10-year-old child actress listening quietly as two men decided her fate.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bungalow
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Case in point, the resort just celebrated its 100th birthday with a complete top-to-bottom renovation of the 54-key hotel and 11 on-site cottages, including a new artist-in-residency program and airy interiors paying homage to the island's basket-weaving and seafaring heritage.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 May 2026
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To get to the cottage from the National Mall, visitors will either need to drive, hire a car or take public transportation.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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If your vibe is French country or farmhouse chic, this flirty, feminine duvet cover set checks all the boxes.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 May 2026
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The celebration appeared to take place at Hadid's elegant Pennsylvania farmhouse.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Video shot by a passenger aboard the plane and shared with CBS News shows smoke in the cabin of the aircraft.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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The recent coverage of a cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak is painfully familiar to cruisers who spent days and weeks trapped in their cabins at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
9 May 2026
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This new norm deteriorated in Obama’s second term, when a series of individuals climbed FDR’s low fence, including one who popped through the mansion’s main door in 2014.—
Neil Flanagan,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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Before their separation, the Australian American pair accumulated a slew of impressive properties, including their primary residence—a seven-bedroom mansion in Nashville.—
Joyce Chen,
Architectural Digest,
2 May 2026
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“Bungalow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bungalow. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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