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Recent Examples of country house
The lawsuit was later dismissed; by then, Lowell was in Anápolis, Brazil, living with a New York ship captain named Leek Bowen in an eleven-room country house.
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Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
The actor, however, never imagined that their primary residence would be a country house in France.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
The show is set in 1925 and, in true Christie fashion, sees a country house party prank turn deadly.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
After Felix invites Oliver to his massive country house over the summer, Oliver’s obsession turns into a disturbing problem, not just for Felix but for his entire family.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
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Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
The actor, however, never imagined that their primary residence would be a country house in France.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
The show is set in 1925 and, in true Christie fashion, sees a country house party prank turn deadly.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
After Felix invites Oliver to his massive country house over the summer, Oliver’s obsession turns into a disturbing problem, not just for Felix but for his entire family.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for country house
Noun
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Arnault did not merely preserve a single great house after a founder’s passing — a feat rare enough in creative industries.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
23 Dec. 2025
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Vaccarello, shy and soft-spoken, has managed to reign at one of the great houses without becoming a household name or a glittering public personage in the manner of John Galliano or Marc Jacobs.—
Rob Haskell,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Steele visited Epstein at his Upper East Side town house in 2017, and assiduously cultivated the millionaire across a year of correspondence.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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But a triptych of photographs that were released last month, showing Andrew apparently on the floor of Epstein’s New York town house, have a terrible directness.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Black Altadena residents are part of a larger coalition that is asking Edison to advance each family who lost their home $200,000 in emergency housing assistance.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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The 18-story building where the woman was found is part of Marcus Garvey Village and includes 51 supportive housing apartments for the formerly homeless.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Country house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20house. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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