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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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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
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Two girls born on the same day in a manor house see their lives altered by an act of revenge that changes their place within a powerful family.—
Emiliano de Pablos,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Located at 239 Hanks Hill Road in Mansfield, the villa’s town card claims it was built in 1875 however, historians can place the home between 1868 and 1869.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
24 Apr. 2026
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The rooms Many hotels claim to create a sense of place for guests, but Gora Kadan Fuji’s 39 suites and three standalone villas really deliver.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Families can build sand castles, fly kites, or climb to the top of the dunes for a stunning sunset show, while thrill-seekers can go sand-boarding or hang gliding (permits from and/or registration with the park office are required).—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
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Then enjoy the rest of it on land, learning about native plants and animals at the Gulf State Park Nature Center and building towering sand castles with private lessons through Sand Castle University.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
17 Apr. 2026
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The couple threw an annual holiday party at the Conyers Farm mansion.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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This home, at 164 Balbrae Drive, and which is now on the market, was originally the carriage house that served the mansion.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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The former Restaurantosaurus site is reportedly being turned into a hacienda-style restaurant, in keeping with the village's aesthetic.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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The hotel has 174 rooms and suites, all with plush furnishings and impressive, hacienda-style architecture.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
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The Oyster Bay home was completed in 1915 for banker Sterling Postley and designed by Hoppin & Koen in a traditional English manor style.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
24 Apr. 2026
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Draped across a sumptuous velvet chaise longue within the art deco splendour of Eltham Palace, Susie Cave is moonlighting as a fabulous Biba-bobbed lady of the manor.—
Alice Newbold,
Vogue,
20 Apr. 2026
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The gatherings come a day after Sánchez and Lula held a summit at a former royal palace in Barcelona.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
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The foursome and their furry friend went out to greet the citizens who had gathered in front of the palace to congratulate Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and to enjoy the concert performed in her honor by the band of the Royal Guard during the relay.—
Marta Martínez Tato,
Vanity Fair,
17 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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The Lincoln Park town house vanished almost as quickly as Sasha Adler fell for it.—
David Foxley,
Architectural Digest,
25 Feb. 2026
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