Thesaurus results for DWELLINGS

dwellings

noun

plural of dwelling

as in residences

the place where one lives the simple dwellings in which the Pilgrims spent the first winter at Plymouth

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Recent Examples of dwellings By 2024, RealPage controlled roughly 80 percent of the real estate revenue management market for multifamily dwellings and held the keys to datasets from approximately sixteen million rental units nationwide. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026 After a tumultuous childhood, Crawford’s adult life was filled with dwellings that offered some comfort and stability amid a personal life that was rife with difficulties, ranging from alcoholism to unhappy relationships. — Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026 Families peered out at us suspiciously from curtainless windows in ramshackle brick dwellings. — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Must-visits include a stroll through its many downtown art galleries and studios, and the ancient dwellings at the nearby Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2026 The landscape was inspired by the inland town of Ioulida, a hilltop village with cascading residential dwellings and winding paths (no car-worthy roads), and a church perched at the precipice. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Rising in hexagonal or octagonal forms amidst low-rise dwellings, these pagodas stand as emotional anchors of hometown memory. — Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026 Enormous dwellings with hundreds of rooms dot this desert canyon. — R. Scott Rappold, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2026 The collapse last week wasn’t the first involving unsafe dwellings in the Gaza Strip, but the high death toll underscored the dangers in a territory where the vast majority of the population lacks adequate shelter. — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The hotel previously shut down in 2005 for a renovation that converted many of its original guest rooms into private residences before reopening in 2008.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Written by art historian and writer Gay Gassmann, the book explores distinguished hospitality projects including Beefbar in Milan and Josun Palace in Seoul, alongside private residences in New York, Paris, Monaco and Switzerland’s Engadin Valley.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of residences

Noun

There are 1,775 square feet of green spaces, including aromatic plants, trees, flowers and fruits nodding to those found in Dior’s former abodes.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Best Hotels & Resorts The Promissory Hotel This boutique property is housed in a 1912 bank building with striking neoclassical design and 27 rooms, including loft-style abodes and two-bedroom suites.

— Julekha Dash, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026

Definition of abodes

Noun

There’s nothing more calming than watching people try to redo their houses into the home of their dreams.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
The man in question was Jean-Louis Dumas, then the chief executive of Hermès, and the sixth generation of family leadership in the most vaunted of French luxury houses.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of houses

Noun

Canvas roofs and redwood beams brought natural materials into the mix, while Wright continued to expand the property over the years to include his personal office and living quarters, residences for apprentices and staff, theaters, and a workshop.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026
In Malabo, Bioko’s biggest city, a team of men and women equipped with insecticide sprayers squeezed between low-rise cement buildings on a recent morning, as heavy rain drummed on aluminum roofs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of roofs

Noun

Tearing down existing homes on land that is more than 6,000 square feet of the property and constructing multi-family units would produce a financial gap that makes the construction infeasible, according to the study.

— Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Require resource management plans for water and power before construction, prohibit sites near homes, and coordinate plans with local governments.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026