great house

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Recent Examples of great house All seems well as Helm convenes a meeting of Rohan’s great houses meant to map out a plan for the kingdom’s future. Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024 His legend has been honed in building, rebuilding, Europe’s great houses. Rory Smith, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024 There’s a certain political commentary here, too, about who’s allowed to rule the great houses of Dune, what roles women are confined to, and how the Bene Gesserit turn women’s social limitations and underestimations to their advantage. Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024 The Bene Gesserit are, uh, geneticists These space witches are running a gigantic, generations-long breeding program to guide all the great houses and eventually put the perfect person, or Kwisatz Haderach, on the Imperium throne and under their control. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for great house
Recent Examples of Synonyms for great house
Noun
  • Set in a 1930s manor house, guests can enjoy their morning coffee and pastries while these gentle giants participate in the experience.
    Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • Modeled on an Edwardian manor house, Singita Sasakwa Lodge overlooks the Singita Grumeti reserve, a 350,000-acre concession beside Serengeti National Park.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The second season welcomed to the villa as guests a former NFL player and the cast of Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 18 July 2025
  • Huda was a part of the original group of contestants who entered the villa at the start of the show.
    Giana Levy, Variety, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • Adorned with conch shells and a golden sun, the castle sets the tone for an epic beach day.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 21 July 2025
  • Looking around and seeing all of our people, who have supported us through different eras of our lives, together at a 13th-century castle overlooking the Tuscan countryside is crazy!
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • But as long as the world’s elite want gleaming sinks and grand columns in mansions and company headquarters — and as long as global industries use chemical fillers for things like concrete and toothpaste — the quarries are unlikely to close.
    Meara Sharma, The Dial, 22 July 2025
  • This week’s picks include a Park Slope two-bedroom with a pair of wood-burning fireplaces and a one-bedroom on Clinton Hill’s historic mansion row with a lovely triple-bay window.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Rooms upstairs lean toward palatial, transporting you to what could easily be a countryside manor.
    Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
  • Each character can be assigned to dig up the grounds of the manor, peer through its library stacks and even conduct dark rituals in its chapel.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • On March 27, the palace announced that King Charles briefly hospitalized following an adverse reaction to his routine cancer treatment.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 22 July 2025
  • The Duke and Duchess stepped back as senior royals, citing the unbearable intrusions of the British press and a lack of support from the palace.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • But in the case of designer Rob Johansen’s recent renovation of a palatial seven-story 1899 town house on the Upper East Side, the timeless stamp is merited.
    Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
  • Homeowners near The River Club golf course in Garden City have long objected to plans to redevelop the property next to State Street, including when the city previously approved a plan to build up to 750 homes and town houses there.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 25 June 2025

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