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Recent Examples of great house
Salesforce is still a great house, but the neighborhood is deteriorating.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
That was followed the next year by Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, the story of a working-class imposter who manipulates and murders his way to ownership of a great house.
—Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025
Side two of the finished LP, in particular, was one of the great house party soundtracks of the era.
—Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2025
The space-witch order ostensibly provides trusted advisers to the ruling Emperor of the Corrino Empire and his Imperium’s aristocratic great houses, like House Atreides and House Harkonnen, but has secretly harbored long-gestating plans about who can and should rule.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
That was followed the next year by Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, the story of a working-class imposter who manipulates and murders his way to ownership of a great house.
—Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025
Side two of the finished LP, in particular, was one of the great house party soundtracks of the era.
—Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2025
The space-witch order ostensibly provides trusted advisers to the ruling Emperor of the Corrino Empire and his Imperium’s aristocratic great houses, like House Atreides and House Harkonnen, but has secretly harbored long-gestating plans about who can and should rule.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great house
Noun
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The Lodge Located in the bucolic countryside just outside Ludlow, The Lodge is a beautiful 18th-century manor house—though its real charm is the hospitality shown by owner Arabella Salwey.—
James March,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Dec. 2025
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Fackham Hall follows pickpocket Eric Noone (Ben Radcliffe) who lands a job at English manor house Fackham Hall.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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Modern design and luxe amenities define Silversands Grand Anse, an intimate, upscale collection of rooms and villas, complete with a spacious spa and spectacular dining.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Jan. 2026
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Maduro should have taken the easy way out and packed some trunks with gold and cash and headed for a villa in Switzerland or some other comfy exile and retirement.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Outside of showing us the Secret Traitor’s handwriting on their shortlists, there were no tells from the production team about who this person could be, just shadowy footage of some hooded player wandering the castle with a lantern.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2026
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After the cast gathered outside the castle, host Alan Cumming selected one player in plain sight to take on the role.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Conceived as a modern tropical mansion visible to drivers crossing the causeway that connects Miami Beach to Miami, the house stood out for its tall columns flanked by nearly transparent white curtains from ceiling to floor, opening panoramically to the pool and Biscayne Bay.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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The architect was Nathaniel Goodfall, who was also the architect of the governor’s mansion.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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Dating back to the 1800s, Rancho Temescal offers a hacienda-style main home and seven separate residences for staff, plus an equestrian complex with an 18-stall barn, two arenas, 20 paddocks, and pastures.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
18 Dec. 2025
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The late Queen Elizabeth spent her winter months there and opened Sandringham House, its grand manor, to the public in 1977.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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The 20 accommodations at this 2025 World's Best Award-winning hotel range from manor rooms and suites to freestanding villas, each individually designed and outfitted with high-end touches like soaking tubs, fireplaces, and, in select units, private courtyards or outdoor hot tubs.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Jan. 2026
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The Prince and Princess of Wales still use KP as their London home, and on two separate instances over the holidays, a man broke onto the grounds of the palace carrying a heavy rucksack.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were grabbed from their presidential palace in Caracas, the South American country’s capital, during a precision military operation.—
New York Daily News,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Any project involving multiple designers requires plenty of open conversation and some healthy design diplomacy, but all the more so in the case of a recent renovation to an Upper West Side town house.—
David Foxley,
Architectural Digest,
7 Jan. 2026
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His Manhattan town house on East 71st Street, which sold for $51 million in March 2021.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Great house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20house. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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