hogan

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Recent Examples of hogan The first design was a celebration of multiple architectural styles, from the Navajo’s hogans to the Great Plains tribes’ tipis. Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023 Descheenie, who is from Chinle, said his mother was born in a hogan, traditional Diné home, and because of this she was never given a birth certificate. Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2022 Born in a hogan, Laughter had no birth certificate, didn't drive, had no electric or water service at her home in the Navajo Nation and paid no property taxes. Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2022 The family’s farm plot and hogan are now several hundred feet under Lake Powell, along with tens of thousands of cultural sites and burials. Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for hogan
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Noun
  • Pods, cabins, wigwams, huts, and treehouses are also available.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Its layout also ties the home to its earthly landscape; the living room is inspired by the Native American wigwam, with elements including a central fireplace and a hole in the top to let the smoke out.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the summer, check out spike ball, croquet, a giant tumble tower and yoga mats from the activity hut.
    Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 2 July 2025
  • Painting, like the thatching of huts, was deemed women’s work, completed after the end of the summer rains, when the harvest was in the granaries.
    Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Lucky Lou’s Raw Bar 123 NE 20th Ave., Deerfield Beach Sometime later this summer, the former Bru’s Room near the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier will turn into a casual oyster bar and sporty seafood shack.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2025
  • Given Freudenberger’s expertise transforming everything from ski chalets to surf shacks, the project felt destined to be.
    David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Part tipi, part wickiup, and influenced by many architectural styles, a round lodge can block wind, rain, cold, and sun.
    Popular Science, Popular Science, 28 May 2020
  • The wickiup is a bit like a small tipi made from poles, brush and vegetation.
    Popular Science, Popular Science, 28 May 2020
Noun
  • Saunders says those come from a lack of understanding of the reasoning behind the camp.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 5 July 2025
  • After her first two England camps in charge in September 2021, Wiegman — in the absence of former England captain Steph Houghton — handed Williamson the armband.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • The motion picture world of today reminds me of Rio – opulent penthouses (big IP) on one side of the street, and hovels (independent movies) on the other.
    Bill Mechanic, Deadline, 15 May 2025
  • Ted Kaczynski, a brilliant but mentally troubled mathematician who had retreated years earlier to a remote hovel in Montana, had been arrested based on information from a tipster to the F.B.I., ending one of the longest and most expensive manhunts in American history.
    Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But beginning with the Class of ’23, search sea shanties have been growing grimmer.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • The rousing shanty is already a knowing commentary on class and hypocrisy.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Hogan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogan. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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