great house

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Recent Examples of great house Set in the years before the events of Martin’s novels, the production follows the great houses of Westeros as ambition, family bonds and succession collide during the reign of the Mad King. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 May 2026 There stood the great house with all its windows robed in silver. Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026 Arnault did not merely preserve a single great house after a founder’s passing — a feat rare enough in creative industries. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2025 Salesforce is still a great house, but the neighborhood is deteriorating. Zev Fima, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for great house
Recent Examples of Synonyms for great house
Noun
  • The property’s manor house, once a Goddard College library and event space, now serves as a rehearsal space for the Goddard Institute of Dramatic Arts.
    Olivia Fletcher, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Guests can stay at a suite in the 18-bedroom main manor house, the cozier 11-bedroom Garden House, or one of the property’s individual suites.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In the sneak peek, the islanders address the major drama that happened in the Fijian villa over the summer, and things seem to be heating up.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Natural materials like wood and stone are used throughout the villa, echoing the architecture of ancient Ayutthaya.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The other piece was a close up of the castle against a deep blue sky with a variant of this showing Disney's traditional shooting star firework in an arc above it.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The price that Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, paid for the three-story castle has not yet been disclosed.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Top 5 Can’t Miss A former family mansion, the elegant Villa Igiea is one of Palermo’s most opulent stays, with a history of hosting celebrities and royals during its early years.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Still, Jolly has an uphill climb to the governor’s mansion in Florida.
    Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, Marilyn purchased the 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival-style hacienda for $75,000 in early 1962.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The hotel has 150 rooms and suites, all with plush furnishings and impressive, hacienda-style architecture.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Last summer the hairstylist came across photographs of a stately Georgian manor in the Cotswolds, a two-hour drive west of London.
    Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Evidently, Madonna was going industrial—the furthest possible cry from her lady-of-the-manor period in the early years of this century, when she was seen fetchingly clad in rustic tweeds.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • The king has hemolytic anemia and was being treated with cortisone, leading to fluid accumulation in the body that required hospital treatment, the palace said last week.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Native American artists from the 19 surrounding pueblos sell handmade jewelry and other traditional art beneath the palace’s long portal.
    Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • By the early seventies, Abdeen was working at a civil-rights firm in a town house on Pallister Street, a quiet road just a few blocks from some of Detroit’s biggest businesses.
    Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Developer Jib Felter of AAG Farms, LLC wants to build 44 town house units and retail space for multiple tenants at the northeast corner of 133rd Street and Black Bob Road.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026

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“Great house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20house. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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