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Recent Examples of great house
Side two of the finished LP, in particular, was one of the great house party soundtracks of the era.
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Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2025
Prophecy follows the formation of the Bene Gesserit, an order of women who become the puppet masters of the great houses of the Empire on Dune.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
The showpiece encounters between the game’s great houses that ordinarily make up the latter stages of the Champions League are incredibly popular.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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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Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2025
Prophecy follows the formation of the Bene Gesserit, an order of women who become the puppet masters of the great houses of the Empire on Dune.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
The showpiece encounters between the game’s great houses that ordinarily make up the latter stages of the Champions League are incredibly popular.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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
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Clement Virgo’s erotic, eerie thriller Steal Away tells the story of two young women — one Black, one white — who form a bond while trying to unravel the secret history of a stately manor house.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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The rooms, manor house, spa, guides, chefs, and 58,000-acre grounds are all at your disposal.—
Ian Proctor,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Sep. 2025
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Stay at a standalone villa big enough for everyone, or a small resort with all the services.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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But festivalgoers, who paid thousands of dollars for luxury villas and gourmet meals, arrived to find the site incomplete and in chaos — mattresses in disaster tents, luggage tossed from trucks and no major acts willing to perform.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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The verdict established that a home is a castle, no matter what color the royalty within.—
Neal Rubin,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Instead of dreary Danish castles, the action unfolds in boardrooms, mansions and wedding halls in contemporary London and the verse is delivered by a primarily South Asian cast.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Reynolds’s departure, which was announced earlier this year, sets up another high-stakes governor’s race, likely to draw a crowded GOP primary and give Democrats their first real shot at the governor’s mansion in nearly two decades.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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Features of the mansion and the other priciest metro Phoenix houses to sell in include a 20-car garage, billiards room, pool with a slide and leathered granite countertops.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The hacienda-style home is swathed in vines and surrounded by immaculate landscaping with native plants and blooming, vibrant flowers.—
Emma Reynolds,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Or, upgrade to expansive suites, haciendas, or villas with sweeping views of the Sea of Cortez, infinity-edge hot tubs, or private plunge pools.—
Emily Hochberg,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Dec. 2024
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The Long Island Maidstone may be a gorgeous, boutique manor straight out of Downton Abbey, but The Maidstone New Orleans brings the funk downtown.—
Beth D'Addono,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2025
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Initial reports claimed that armed militias burned hundreds of wealthy landowners’ homes and manors.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
27 Aug. 2025
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The military was deployed to guard the palace on top of the usual secret service detail.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez stands during a press conference with Venezuelan President Maduro at the Miraflores presidential palace three days after Maduro's controversial re-election.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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After nearly two weeks in intensive care, Schottenstein was discharged from the hospital to recuperate at his town house, in Lower Manhattan.—
Matthew Herskowitz,
Air Mail,
9 Aug. 2025
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The family briefly lived with an aunt before renting a town house in West Covina, which reminded Adriana of the town from Back to the Future.—
Mickey Rapkin,
HollywoodReporter,
28 July 2025
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“Great house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20house. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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