as in residences
the place where one lives
welcome to my domicile, humble though it may be
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as in houses
to provide with living quarters or shelter
the university domiciles students in a variety of buildings in and around its urban campus
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domiciles
Noun
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The rooms Across 67 rooms, there are three categories—all of which have a balcony or terraces—spacious suites, and even residences.—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026 -
Starting prices for the units are expected to be around $425,000 for studios, in the $500,000s for one-bedroom units, and in the $900,000s for two-bedroom residences, according to Centurion Real Estate.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Most winters, the firm houses more than 5,000 boats and marine pleasure craft.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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That’s a massive problem, because a detention center that’s open 24 hours a day and houses enough humans to populate a small city will put a far greater strain on public resources than any warehouse could.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Why buy one of these pint-sized dwellings?—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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Displaced families often spend weeks, sometimes months, in makeshift dwellings, including public squares and deserted government buildings, while children lose months or even years of education as schools close or become inaccessible owing to gang activity.—
Edwidge Danticat,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The country currently shelters nearly 2 million refugees, the most in Africa.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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This slime shelters symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria.—
Andrew Coletti,
Popular Science,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The neighborhood also has a distinct housing style, with many abodes being shotguns, featuring side passages, or boasting brick-and-wood frames.—
Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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To narrow down the finest ones for a range of abodes, our staffers put several of them to the test within our very own city apartments (that are notorious for being poorly aerated).—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Many parishioners live within walking distance of their churches and generations of West Siders have been baptized and married under their roofs.—
Dan Horn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Feb. 2026
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As Parade Park deteriorated, its dwindling number of residents complained of lack of maintenance and issues such as leaking roofs and black mold.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Milwaukee-area real estate market has far too few homes to meet feverish homebuyer demand.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Videos and photos seized from Epstein's homes in New York, Florida and the Virgin Islands didn't depict victims being abused or implicate anyone else in his crimes, a prosecutor wrote in one 2025 memo.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Domiciles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domiciles. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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