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Recent Examples of great house
Vaccarello, shy and soft-spoken, has managed to reign at one of the great houses without becoming a household name or a glittering public personage in the manner of John Galliano or Marc Jacobs.
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Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Rather than the great house, this boxed set details the Marauder States in the time of 3015.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Salesforce is still a great house, but the neighborhood is deteriorating.
—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
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Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Rather than the great house, this boxed set details the Marauder States in the time of 3015.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Salesforce is still a great house, but the neighborhood is deteriorating.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great house
Noun
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The protagonist is a darkly violent, possessive young man named Jacob Cullen, who works in a manor house.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
6 May 2026
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Set the scene The 12-bedroom property, hidden discreetly behind high walls, feels like a mini country manor house, furnished with seven generous suites and five garden pavilions housing more modest, colorful cottage bedrooms.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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While the pool on the casita side is adults only, the multilevel one by the villas and residences reserves the upper area for families, and also has a lawn with some games.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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The extravagant villa took a decade to build and was completed in 2018, crafted by architect and designer Peter Marino.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
Noun
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So is touring the castles of Spain, or seeing the Arctic fjords in Greenland.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
10 May 2026
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Explore castle ruins and natural springs at Ha Ha Tonka State Park and tour dramatic formations at Bridal Cave.—
Taryn Shorr-Mckee,
Midwest Living,
4 May 2026
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At the urging of Maddy, Cassie visits a raucous mansion party hosted by a popular online influencer in the hopes of going viral.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
10 May 2026
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The Epsteins, on the other hand, rented a second-floor apartment at the end of our street in a house that, like many of the old mansions, had been divided up and turned into rentals.—
Gabrielle Glancy,
Rolling Stone,
9 May 2026
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The story centers around a woman who inherits a mysterious hacienda filled with magic, secrets and unexpected connections that begin to reshape her life.—
Stephanie Hope,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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The rooms There are 210 guest rooms and suites spread across a series of low-lying, hacienda-style buildings.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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From a 17th-century manor on Naxos ideal for a group trip to a stylish one-bedroom located on equally stylish Spetses, keep reading for our working edit of the best Airbnbs in the Greek islands.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
14 May 2026
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Set in 1858 and adapted by Virginia Feito from her own novel, Victorian Psycho stars Monroe as Winifred Notty, an idiosyncratic young woman who arrives at the wealthy Pounds family’s old gothic manor, claiming to be the house’s new governess.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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On March 15th, while Hitler spoke from a palace balcony to hundreds of thousands of ecstatic Austrians, Heidi’s father planned escapes for his family.—
Nicholas Dawidoff,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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Prince William and Princess Kate stood in for King Charles III, welcoming thousands of guests to the lawns of the palace on May 8.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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For years, a standard part of renovating a town house was bringing the basement kitchen up, to the former dining room, near the living room.—
The Editors of AD,
Architectural Digest,
22 Apr. 2026
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The home here is a ramshackle London town house where a famed painter, Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen), is spending his final years in a haze of creative stagnation and lingering renown.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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