as in mansion
a large impressive residence
a gorgeous château on a hill
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Recent Examples of château
With a chateau or Christmas market visit scheduled almost every day, the November and December itineraries have a clear holiday slant.
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Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2026
This honeycomb yellow tank and skirt set from It-girl brand Peixoto gives pretty prairie promenade vibes—ideal for those sunny summer days wandering the grounds of a historic French chateau or galavanting through a rustic Italian vineyard.
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Morgan Evans,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 May 2026
The French-style chateau, known as the Crespi Estate, spans nearly 16 acres and is listed at $64 million, featuring 10 bedrooms, a dozen bathrooms, a ballroom, a library imported from France and a 3,000 square foot primary suite.
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Natassia Paloma,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
There was also a private dinner with Valentino at his chateau outside of Paris, fittings with Jean Paul Gaultier, a meeting with Tom Ford and a trove of Prada dresses, shoes and bags.
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Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
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Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2026
This honeycomb yellow tank and skirt set from It-girl brand Peixoto gives pretty prairie promenade vibes—ideal for those sunny summer days wandering the grounds of a historic French chateau or galavanting through a rustic Italian vineyard.
—
Morgan Evans,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 May 2026
The French-style chateau, known as the Crespi Estate, spans nearly 16 acres and is listed at $64 million, featuring 10 bedrooms, a dozen bathrooms, a ballroom, a library imported from France and a 3,000 square foot primary suite.
—
Natassia Paloma,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
There was also a private dinner with Valentino at his chateau outside of Paris, fittings with Jean Paul Gaultier, a meeting with Tom Ford and a trove of Prada dresses, shoes and bags.
—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for château
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Starmer is spending the weekend at Chequers, the country mansion used by British prime ministers, with his family.
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Starmer is spending the weekend with his family at Chequers, the country mansion used by prime ministers.
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The plan also urges African countries to preserve former slave forts and castles as memorial sites.
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Nolan and the cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, wielding heavy IMAX cameras, shot their picture across the Mediterranean and beyond, in caves, castles, beaches, black-sand wastes, and open water.
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Fellow season 7 Islander Cierra Ortega was later removed from the villa for using a racial slur for Asian people.
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Mariano said of a scene in the first episode, in which newcomers made out with contestants immediately upon entering the villa without exchanging pleasantries.
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Hallowed Halls turns your home into a stately Victorian manor, complete with spooky portraits, eerie black-and-gold decor, and even a few séance essentials.
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Architect James Davis designed the eight-bedroom limestone manor on Converse Lake.
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The story centers around a woman who inherits a mysterious hacienda filled with magic, secrets and unexpected connections that begin to reshape her life.
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The rooms There are 210 guest rooms and suites spread across a series of low-lying, hacienda-style buildings.
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The heatwave has been significant enough to prompt major fashion houses to accommodate last-minute schedule changes.
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In the Independence standoff in the 700 block of Brookside Avenue at what police believed to be Sanchez-Munoz’s primary residence, firefighters had to put out a blaze in the house, but the man was not located there.
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Colorado in May required companies that deploy AI systems in important areas such as employment, education, housing or banking to tell people when AI is being used to influence a decision made about them.
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The Emergency Operations Center said in a statement that the approximately 1,690 guests staying at the resort were evacuated to other hotels and nearby housing facilities.
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That’s more of what Atlanta expected to see from Spain, the most recent powerhouse to roll through Arthur Blank’s downtown palace.
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The main ceremony took place at Villa Valguarnera, a historic 18th century Sicilian palace first commissioned in 1712 by Anna Gravina, Princess of Gravina and Valguarnera.
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“Château.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ch%C3%A2teau. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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