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Recent Examples of great house
Salesforce is still a great house, but the neighborhood is deteriorating.
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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
Side two of the finished LP, in particular, was one of the great house party soundtracks of the era.
—Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2025
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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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
Side two of the finished LP, in particular, was one of the great house party soundtracks of the era.
—Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2025
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
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The couple and their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, now reside at Forest Lodge, a charming manor house in Windsor Park.—
Séraphine Roger,
Vanity Fair,
27 Feb. 2026
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The nine-bedroom manor house retains historic details such as wide plank flooring and original fireplaces, as well as a library and multiple common rooms.—
Katie Riley,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2026
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To think of someone in an ancient Pompeii villa using my skillet was such a strange piece of connection.—
Lale Arikoglu,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Mar. 2026
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This vacation rental is the biggest villa in the castle, and can sleep up to seven guests; the property also includes several shared features, like a swimming pool, multiple terraces, and loggia.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2026
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Sagittarius November 22 – December 21 Your home is your castle, so treat it well!—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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Today, visitors can still tour its founding castle and its Museum of Arms, stroll its cobblestone streets, and duck into its delicious restaurants serving traditional meals.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
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The pop star reportedly lives in a colonial-style mansion in the Beverly Hills Post Office neighborhood with her rapper partner ASAP Rocky.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Two men were taken into custody after at least one of two devices was ignited during an anti-Islam demonstration led by conservative influencer Jake Lang and a counterprotest outside the mansion, which serves as a residence for New York City’s mayor.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
8 Mar. 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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Renovations over the last several years have given rooms and suites a more modern design feel, with color palettes that highlight desert hues—all accommodations feature large sliding glass doors to patios or balconies for enjoying views of the expansive, hacienda-style grounds.—
Asonta Benetti,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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Our first glimpse of Tommy chained up, pleading to be let go, is through the eyes of a young Macedonian refugee, Katrina (Monika Frajczyk), being given a tour of the large countryside manor where she’s just been hired by Chris for twice-a-week housework.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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The hotel had announced its intention to reopen by March 5 back in February, days after a two-alarm fire blazed through the walls of a third-floor bathroom and attic space in the historic Alexander Agassiz manor, central to the resort.—
Savana Dunning,
The Providence Journal,
6 Mar. 2026
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Air power cannot overthrow a government, some say, which is on one level true—a fighter jet cannot take the keys to the presidential palace, after all—and on another level, obviously false.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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And there’s some real palace intrigue around collapsing BYU.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 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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Did that really happen on Epstein’s island, or at his town house or mansion?—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Great house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20house. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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