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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great houses
Noun
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Morgan and Glazer spent months traveling together through the United States, France, England, Scotland and Ireland, scouting antique fairs and dealers, flea markets, junk shops and old manor houses selling their patrimony.—
Mark Lamster
Architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026 -
This small exquisite property provides unique rooms in its two manor houses and beautiful cantilevered landscaping.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the wilderness like living canvases, while the perennial Sabie River flows just beyond the lodge's decks and villas.—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Dominical, another popular surf destination located next to Uvita, has a smattering of luxury villas and hotels, like Lamangata Luxury Surf Resort.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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Sites along the route include the church of Wassen, a breathtaking Baroque Catholic church that can be seen from three different angles during the journey, and the castles of Bellinzona, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2026
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Between Christmas towns, kids can splash around in the small indoor pool or patrol the top deck for Elsa-worthy castles lining the banks of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley.—
Ashlea Halpern,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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Starting more than a decade ago, Griffin has spent four hundred and fifty million dollars to buy the land and level a few incumbent mansions, one of which was eighteen thousand square feet.—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Tilal Al Ghaf includes mansions that sell for more than $15 million, as well as smaller units often purchased by investors seeking rental income.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
11 June 2026
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For committed buyers now, the market is forcing creative measures, with some choosing tiny homes, opting for real estate in less expensive markets, or joining forces with friends or family to purchase multi-unit dwellings.—
Jackie Cooperman,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 2026
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The death toll was so high partly because many people lived in cave dwellings carved into soft loess soil.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Noun
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While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.—
Adrian Madlener,
Curbed,
6 Dec. 2025
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King Kalakaua is said to have been inspired by the grand palaces of Europe when designing his own in the islands.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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This will include considering banning the subletting of homes—as Andrew was allowed to do—as well as no longer allowing those who do not work for the Firm to live rent-free in palaces.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
8 June 2026
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Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
10 June 2026
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Let alone seek revenge by annexing the manors of your enemies.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
4 Feb. 2026
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