cohousing

Definition of cohousingnext

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Recent Examples of cohousing As a cohousing community that is explicitly 55+ and LGBTQ-friendly, Village Hearth is the first of its kind in the US. Frances Dodds, Architectural Digest, 3 June 2026 Some people live on their own, while others opt for cohousing. Ryan Kellman, NPR, 10 June 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohousing
Noun
  • In the Pearl District, this 2004 one-bedroom condo is across the street from Powell’s City of Books—known as the largest bookstore in the world.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Some cases over the last month include a bear that entered an arcade in Fraser Valley, a bear that went romping through an Aspen restaurant, and attacks at a Rio Grande National Forest Park campground and inside a condo in Durango.
    Christa Swanson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Austin Ledet and his fiancée closed on a Northwest Washington condo in April, a two-level duplex in a rowhouse.
    Barbara Rubin, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The documents say the two men ran back inside the duplex and Castro fired a single shot through the door, striking Sosa-Celis in the foot.
    WCCO Staff, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Ron Malden, president of an adjacent condominium association, spoke in support of the project and its big and bright sign.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Police said the girl was last seen on security footage walking into a condominium with Carman.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • But for a developing brain, efficiency shouldn’t always be the goal.
    Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Existing comparison methods typically examine capacity, voltage, impedance, efficiency or power capability separately.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • This merger leaves fewer studios competing for scripts and talent, gives one company greater power to dictate terms to distributors, and reduces streaming choices.
    Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
  • With the Hollywood studio system headed for a tailspin, could now be the time for midnight movies to come out of the dark and into the marquee lights?
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Sep. 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
  • 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 23 Sep. 2026.

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