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 26 Sep. 2026.

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