cohousing

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Recent Examples of cohousing Some people live on their own, while others opt for cohousing. Ryan Kellman, NPR, 10 June 2025 Today, a variety of retirement homes geared toward them exists around the U.S. A cohousing complex with 28 single-story homes stands in Durham, North Carolina. Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2025 Now aged 68 and 72, the two are living together again in Heartwood Commons, a cohousing community in Oklahoma. David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024 The Happy Home Shared by 26 Women (Anita Chaudhuri, The Guardian, August 2023) New Ground, the UK’s first cohousing community solely for women over the age of 50, is a testament to endurance. Christine Ro, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2024 For those wanting their own space, but seeking the benefits of community and camaraderie, cohousing is a viable alternative. Jamie Gold, Forbes, 19 July 2022 Spevak, who owns Orange Splot, which designs and builds cohousing and other small communities, spoke of the mismatch between houses and resident needs. oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2021 Despite this affinity and more than a decade of work, the root system of North American Jewish cohousing remains shallow. Rachelle Stein-Wotten, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohousing
Noun
  • Curiously, recent gains in condo prices have been far more muted.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Le did not have information about how many homes were evacuated but noted that all 12 units in the condo complex were evacuated as well as some surrounding houses.
    Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Last year McLean asked for permission to build 52 new homes duplex homes that would range from 1,600 to 2,200 square feet.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Miller offered an amendment to the bill to make some changes to the fee rate charges and duplex qualifications.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Since its early beginnings in the living room of a Lakeview condominium 20 years ago, Glenview’s Oil Lamp Theater has prided itself in delivering an intimate live performance.
    Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Flynn and 17-year-old Patrick Randall entered the Smarts’ Derry condominium and forced Gregory Smart to his knees in the foyer.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • For 2026, the current-generation Prius returns with the same basic formula — excellent efficiency — wrapped in a design that’s finally not so frumpy.
    Brian Moody, AJC.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Big names like Washington’s Bobby Wagner, New Orleans’ Demario Davis, Green Bay’s Quay Walker and Cleveland’s Devin Bush are durable, effective leaders in the middle who would provide day one efficiency.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Her pitch is that the studio has prioritized content over casting decisions driven primarily by star power.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • As wonderfully portrayed by Buric, the Wonder Man reboot’s director is every European artiste absorbed into the American studio system cut with a dose of Werner Herzog’s gloom; his mansion could be a museum of Hollywood Regency decadence.
    Judy Berman, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The place had belonged to a former photography director of this magazine, Jordan Schaps, who started renting the 700-square-foot floor-through for $135 a month in 1975.
    Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2025
  • With its floor-through dwellings, celebrity penthouse, secret passageways, and camaraderie (begrudging or otherwise) between residents both longtime and new, the Arconia is a world within itself.
    Scarlett Harris, Architectural Digest, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pretty in Pink is one way to refer to this historic garden apartment—built in 1875.
    Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The result tees up a vote today by the full City Council, when aldermen could give a green light clearing the way for new garden apartments, attic-to-housing conversions and coach housing.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Instead of flashy lights, a giant LED screen, or a carousel of giant stage props, Carpenter’s set design mirrored an extravagant modern duplex apartment, complete with a slinky boudoir, classy bathroom, and cozy conversation pit.
    Alex Rigotti, Architectural Digest, 16 Dec. 2025
  • No, the family’s duplex apartments weren’t connected.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Nov. 2025

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“Cohousing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohousing. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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