as in haciendas
a large impressive residence
if I ever win the lottery, I'm going to buy a mansion in the hills
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Recent Examples of mansions
Enter the brothers Moon, a troubled pair of Korean immigrant boxers who’ve carved out a life for themselves in the City of Angels, far away from the Beverly Hills mansions and Hollywood royalty of last season.
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Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
The outdoor screenings take place across Aquidneck Island and are held on the lawns of historic mansions and in public parks.
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 June 2026
While the Hamptons enjoy a swelling population of seasonal residents, many of whom live in palatial mansions, the Container Studio was built for an artist looking for a compact creative space close to her Hamptons home.
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Caitlin Gunther,
Architectural Digest,
17 June 2026
That’s when people began hiring full-time live-in dog nannies, paying as much as $55 an hour on top of room and board in the mega-mansions in the dunes.
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Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
Strung along a narrow barrier island on the Gulf of Mexico, Galveston is a beautiful blend of graceful Victorian and early 20th-century mansions, bungalows, cottages, and a stunning historic downtown lined with tall palm trees and live oaks.
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Valerie Fraser Luesse,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
Since acquiring the land in 2023, French luxury development firm Madar Group USA has planned a dozen mansions.
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Alexandra Phelps
updated June 16,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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.
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Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Lake Norman communities are weighing a wave of development proposals, from mansions and townhomes to a car country club and a $200 million mixed-use project.
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Ai Based,
Charlotte Observer,
13 June 2026
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
The outdoor screenings take place across Aquidneck Island and are held on the lawns of historic mansions and in public parks.
—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 June 2026
While the Hamptons enjoy a swelling population of seasonal residents, many of whom live in palatial mansions, the Container Studio was built for an artist looking for a compact creative space close to her Hamptons home.
—
Caitlin Gunther,
Architectural Digest,
17 June 2026
That’s when people began hiring full-time live-in dog nannies, paying as much as $55 an hour on top of room and board in the mega-mansions in the dunes.
—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
Strung along a narrow barrier island on the Gulf of Mexico, Galveston is a beautiful blend of graceful Victorian and early 20th-century mansions, bungalows, cottages, and a stunning historic downtown lined with tall palm trees and live oaks.
—
Valerie Fraser Luesse,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
Since acquiring the land in 2023, French luxury development firm Madar Group USA has planned a dozen mansions.
—
Alexandra Phelps
updated June 16,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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
Lake Norman communities are weighing a wave of development proposals, from mansions and townhomes to a car country club and a $200 million mixed-use project.
—
Ai Based,
Charlotte Observer,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mansions
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The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.
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While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.
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Cover crops, once rare, are now much more common, from the cooperative's member plots to estates like La Reynardière, which gives up seven or eight percent of its yield to them in the bet that living soils send roots deeper for water.
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Canals from the Deschutes still wind through Bend’s neighborhoods of single-family homes, and then to the estates, farms, ranches and destination resorts on the city’s outskirts.
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And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix.
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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.
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The plan also urges African countries to preserve former slave forts and castles as memorial sites.
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Nolan and the cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, wielding heavy IMAX cameras, shot their picture across the Mediterranean and beyond, in caves, castles, beaches, black-sand wastes, and open water.
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The 12 palatial pool villas are even more extravagant, with infinity pools, outdoor showers, and ethereal canopy beds.
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In addition to over-water villas, the resort will feature an over-water chapel for weddings and plenty of futuristic amenities.
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Constructed in a restrained neoclassical style, Clarence House was intended to be more comfortable and manageable than many of the grand royal palaces of the era.
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The neighborhood/area The resort is a half hour north of Chiang Mai, in the Mae Rim Valley known for its waterfalls, temples, and palaces.
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Along the bay stood a long, busy waterfront, lined with warehouses, shops and trading houses.
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Such offenders will use all different ruses to distract the victim, such as claiming to be utility workers, tree trimmers, or handymen working on neighbors' houses.
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“Mansions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mansions. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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