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Recent Examples of great house
Side two of the finished LP, in particular, was one of the great house party soundtracks of the era.
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Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2025
Prophecy follows the formation of the Bene Gesserit, an order of women who become the puppet masters of the great houses of the Empire on Dune.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
The showpiece encounters between the game’s great houses that ordinarily make up the latter stages of the Champions League are incredibly popular.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
The space-witch order ostensibly provides trusted advisers to the ruling Emperor of the Corrino Empire and his Imperium’s aristocratic great houses, like House Atreides and House Harkonnen, but has secretly harbored long-gestating plans about who can and should rule.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2025
Prophecy follows the formation of the Bene Gesserit, an order of women who become the puppet masters of the great houses of the Empire on Dune.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
The showpiece encounters between the game’s great houses that ordinarily make up the latter stages of the Champions League are incredibly popular.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
The space-witch order ostensibly provides trusted advisers to the ruling Emperor of the Corrino Empire and his Imperium’s aristocratic great houses, like House Atreides and House Harkonnen, but has secretly harbored long-gestating plans about who can and should rule.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great house
Noun
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One of the largest castles in Britain, the Norman-style property was built in the early 19th century on the site of a 15th-century manor house.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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The two leaders will tour archives related to Britain's wartime prime minister, Winston Churchill, hold their official bilateral meeting and host a joint news conference on the grounds of the 16th-century manor house.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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In June, it was announced that the festival’s colorful founder, Jean-Pierre Blanc, would step down amid a saga that unspooled with as many twists and turns as the switchback road leading up to the villa.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
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Back were the villas and the apartments, the chauffeurs and the mistresses swaddled in foreign luxury.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Some children were at the Miami protest with their parents, including four-year-old Ellie MacLaren, who was sitting on the grass near the Torch of Friendship flipping through a picture book of dragons and castles and placing dragon stickers on the pages.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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The castle sits atop a dramatic rocky promontory and makes for a spooky side trip for those visiting Bucharest (about a three-hour drive south).—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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Balmer climbed a fence at the governor's mansion in Harrisburg, broke a window and hurled a Molotov cocktail inside, prosecutors said.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Both Adams and Cameron will be evaluating each contestant’s transformation of new and familiar spaces in the mansion, and they’ll also be joined by a guest judge throughout the series.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Guests can stay in one of 12 luxe tree houses suspended above the Earth for an elevating experience, or in one of the 10 family-friendly haciendas.—
Lisa Greissinger,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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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
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This former assistant will now be the lord of the manor, the guy with millions in the bank, the owner of the dope-watch collection.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Ravenswood returns as the Phantom of the manor and kills the groom-to-be.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Boeing’s business-jet division announced a new plan to turn commercial-passenger 747-8 airliners into the largest floating palaces in the sky.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
14 Oct. 2025
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Here, find Vogue’s guide to the very best hotels in Venice, from glittering palace stays to under-the-radar design gems.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
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These days, the Beckhams’ home-base is their town house in Holland Park, Central London.—
Michelle Duncan,
Architectural Digest,
9 Oct. 2025
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The project, The District at Ten Mile, is spearheaded by Ahlquist Development and would include dining and retail, a hotel, over 500,000 square feet of office space including medical offices, industrial space for partner Adler Industrial, and up to 400 town houses.—
Marcus Dorsey,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Aug. 2025
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