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châteaus

noun

variants or châteaux

plural of château

as in mansions

a large impressive residence a gorgeous château on a hill

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All but five states have governor’s mansions for their leaders to live and work from, with the exceptions being Arizona, Idaho, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2026
His beach houses of interlocking, geometric forms sheathed in shingles or cedar panels already dotted the potato fields of the East End, and wealthy clients were asking for year-round mansions in the commuter suburbs.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of mansions

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Their task was to design 100 villas for anonymous (and seemingly nonexistent) Chinese millionaires.

— Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
The property is also home to two villas, both of which overlook the on-site golf course, as well as 14 suites within the Spa Mansion.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of villas

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Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026

Definition of haciendas

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Plant in the past has bid against, and beat, the Historic Royal Palaces charity in London, who alongside managing unoccupied royal palaces in the UK also conserve and display royal ceremonial dress.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
Obama compared the White House decor to Saddam Hussein’s palaces, right?

— Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of palaces

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These attributes will be increasingly important when robots are deployed to rescue sites and even used in less dangerous settings like hospitality and in multilevel offices, factories and houses.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
As with interior design for houses, interior design for vehicles is also subject to fashion trends.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of houses

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The One Big Beautiful Bill eliminated the estate tax, which applies to the wealth of large estates.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
Sensory gardens scale down to small patios, raised beds and family-friendly plots, so the concept is not reserved for sprawling landscaped estates.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026

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