cohousing

Definition of cohousingnext

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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
  • Similarly, houses near the church soon may face the back of another multi-story condo.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 June 2026
  • The condo was built in 1931 and has a living area of 904 square feet.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • The layouts include three full-floor four-bedroom units, a high-floor two-bedroom pad overlooking the treetops, and a duplex penthouse that sprawls across one-and-a-half floors.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 June 2026
  • Rental activity in these specific northwest pockets was initially an anomaly, typically limited to a young professional occupying a two-family duplex flat or a homeowner taking in a boarder to pay down the mortgage faster.
    Jonathan Tower, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • If the board wants to shift maintenance, repair or replacement obligations under the condominium declaration, the condominium declaration itself must be amended.
    Howard Dakoff, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
  • The sale of the condominium in the 2100 block of Bowdoin Street, Palo Alto has been finalized.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • The system forms a 1,243-mile-wide pool of computing power capable of achieving 98 percent of the efficiency of a single data center, Liu Yunjie, chief director of the project and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, told the state publication.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Supply chains would reach near-perfect efficiency through predictive logistics and dynamic routing.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Overall, there are nine cabin types, ranging in size from a 146-square-foot studio single to the 443-square-foot, two-room Owners Suite.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2026
  • The studio album marks yet another collaboration between the band and legendary producer Rick Rubin.
    Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 15 June 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
  • 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
  • The current layout includes a one-bedroom garden apartment (perfect for guests, nannies, or passive income) and a four-bedroom triplex above.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Griffin also recently paid $38 million for a duplex apartment up the block from where Mamdani shot the video, according to the Wall Street Journal.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • After meeting his girlfriend, İlkay, the couple moved into a furnished two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom duplex apartment in the Kadıköy neighborhood of Istanbul.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025

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“Cohousing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohousing. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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