as in dwellings
the place where one lives
couldn't wait to get off the plane and back to his comfortable fireside
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firesides
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Through these stories, audiences learned to view extravagant dwellings as not just emblems of individual success but portals into a fantasy life.—
Kim Hew-Low,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025 -
Throughout the modern era, architects have been drawn to the idea of merging dwellings with the earth itself.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
7 Nov. 2025
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The tornado affected approximately 90% of the residences and commercial buildings in the municipality, according to the state government.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Espinal-Cantareo was involved in at least three armed home invasions at residences in Irving, Cedar Hill and Frisco, investigators said.—
Landon Mion , Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Families would share accommodations, with Rensch recalling sharing beds with other kids across multiple abodes.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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But humans aren’t the only creatures who decorate their abodes.—
Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
28 Oct. 2025
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Across Ohio, homes sold at a median of $245,000 during August, down 2% from $250,000 in July.—
USA TODAY Network,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Nov. 2025
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This piece, created in 1916, shows the details of Klimt’s last summer in his Attersee haven, with trees and various homes seen dotting the area’s lake.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
12 Nov. 2025
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Aerial footage showed the destruction wrought by the twister, with roofs ripped off buildings, some of them reduced to rubble.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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The homes in Yuba County will have metal roofs supported by wood trusses.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Namely, going after the drug traffickers themselves by raiding Mexican cartel trap houses and robbing their mules, using equipment borrowed from their parents including night-vision goggles and beanbag shotguns.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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Wiener’s bill, SB 607, would require a two-thirds vote in both houses of the Legislature and then voter approval.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The name belonged to a London area with printing shops, booksellers and cheap lodgings where impoverished writers churned out pamphlets, satires, political tracts, sensational stories and hack journalism—whatever sold.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Nov. 2025
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While you’re holed up in your new lodgings, enjoy a blissful soak under the rainfall showerhead or take in the view from the glass wall in the bedroom that offers an unobscured view during leaf-peeping season and beyond.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The presence of liquid water, heat and the right chemicals (such as phosphorus and complex hydrocarbons) means that its sub-surface ocean is believed to be one of the best places in our solar system for life to have evolved outside the Earth, according to scientists.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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That includes places like Birmingham and Huntsville in Alabama, Baton Rouge in Louisiana, Savannah in Georgia and Tampa and Fort Myers in Florida.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Firesides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firesides. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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