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 Instead, the production custom built all of the Budgell family’s dwellings. — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2026 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 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

Properties are primarily based in cities, and Mallorca feels like a fresh and exciting new arm to its impressive portfolio, which now spans 46 hotels as well as private residences.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026
These executive residences tend to be grand in style and scale, often possessing a long, rich history—even some haunted ones.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 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

These attributes will be increasingly important when robots are deployed to rescue sites and even used in less dangerous settings like hospitality and in multilevel offices, factories and houses.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
As with interior design for houses, interior design for vehicles is also subject to fashion trends.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of houses

Noun

Early results indicate that the four-college district may soon have the money to repair roofs, modernize classrooms, upgrade heating and cooling systems, improve security and construct new buildings.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
With four manufacturing plants across China and one in Vietnam, the company specializes in products that bind components found in a range of retail products, from vehicle roofs to semiconductors in smartphone, according to its website.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of roofs

Noun

San Francisco residents turned out Saturday for the city's first neighborhood sandbag giveaway, part of an effort to protect homes and businesses ahead of what could be a record-setting El Niño winter.

— Da Lin, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Floodwaters in July and August destroyed or damaged dozens of homes, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate.

— John Bartlett, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026