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
  • Fit for football royalty, the condo features plenty of high-end details, including custom materials and finishes created locally or sourced from Italy and Turkey.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 May 2026
  • Waymo vehicles have encountered issues in South Florida several times this year, according to reporting by NBC — most recently, video appeared to show a Waymo lingering outside a condo community, and the Miami Sheriff's Office said the unoccupied autonomous vehicle hit a guard gate barrier arm.
    Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • At the top of the 1970s building, the duplex suite comes with two bedrooms and a private terrace with sweeping vistas of Rio’s mountains, and space for a full family or collection of friends.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026
  • Berry got her home, one of two units in a ranch-style duplex, for $218,000.
    Alex Veiga, Fortune, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • The City of Miami Beach issued a precautionary boil water order for one condominium complex after a water main break early Friday.
    Larry Seward, CBS News, 16 May 2026
  • As a result, condominium projects in Coconut Grove and Miami Beach were never built.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • But there was much more good than bad for Cole, whose velocity, efficiency and fortitude all stood out.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
  • This process flags up under-performing functions from posture and heart health to fat-burning efficiency and cognition levels.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
Noun
  • Whaling Wall 1 appears alongside the Pacific Coast Highway and was dedicated in 1981; number 100 was painted outside Wyland’s own studio building in 1996.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 18 May 2026
  • Dedicated studio spaces were created within the facility so Kongo could paint interior components by hand with airbrushes, brushes, and sponges.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 18 May 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
  • 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

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“Cohousing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohousing. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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