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
  • It has long been suspected that one particular manor house in Bosham (now a private residence) stands on the site of what was once King Harold's residence.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2025
  • For a better sense of Austen’s impact on the literary landscape, visit Chawton House, the Elizabethan manor house originally owned by Austen’s brother, Edward.
    Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Located on land purchased from a company controlled by Oman’s Ministry of Tourism, Dar Global is building a 140-room, 5-star hotel and an 18-hole golf course with luxury villas, all set to open in December 2028.
    Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • None of the above are available for villa guests, so check into the Homestead for those treats.
    Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Per the outlet, the couple exchanged vows at the Castello di Celsa, a 13th-century castle with sweeping views, a beautiful garden and ivy crawling up its stone walls.
    Michael Nied, People.com, 21 May 2025
  • The parents set up a handmade Princess Peach castle at the summit, and children were invited to write notes to send to heaven.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Leave a comment View Comments Now, there’s only one historic mansion left.
    Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
  • All that remains of this once-sprawling antebellum mansion are 23 Corinthian columns, rising unexpectedly from the forest.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 24 May 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
  • Our family manor was on the outskirts of the King’s territory, far from most of the nobility and day-to-day machinations of court, its customs, and norms.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 May 2025
  • In rural Hampshire, the British designer Faye Toogood has converted a 19th-century manor into a space where modern and traditional interiors coexist.
    Martin Morrell, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • From cliffside monasteries to Milanese fashion hideouts to Venetian palaces that feel like a movie set, these properties bring a little magic to your trip.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • The building is a late Renaissance palace erected around 1575 near the city’s landmark Spanish Steps.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The first was reported about 9:05 a.m. Friday, May 9, at a town house in the 1700 block of Pebble Beach Circle, leaving a family displaced and their pet dog deceased, a fire report said.
    Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • The store, which was designed by Emily Ord of Studio Order, is located on two floors in a town house right off 73rd Street.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 8 May 2025

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