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Recent Examples of outhouse
By contrast, an 1870s home, with an outhouse, water well, and fireplace for cooking and heat, would seem prehistoric.
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Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
This outhouse, very low-key in its arrangement and cold in winter, would later be transformed in 1934 to become a proper writing lodge.
—Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
In the 19 cabins here, propane lamps provide light, a wooden stove gives off heat, drinking water comes from an outdoor spigot, and a short path leads to an outhouse.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
The governor ordered state officials to search every warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse.
—Matt K. Lewis, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
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Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
This outhouse, very low-key in its arrangement and cold in winter, would later be transformed in 1934 to become a proper writing lodge.
—Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
In the 19 cabins here, propane lamps provide light, a wooden stove gives off heat, drinking water comes from an outdoor spigot, and a short path leads to an outhouse.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
The governor ordered state officials to search every warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse.
—Matt K. Lewis, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outhouse
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The number of sets symbolizes the 232 years since the penny's creation in 1793; all of the pennies bear an Ω symbol, an Omega privy mark, marking the end of the penny and reflecting the unique character of the coins.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
10 Dec. 2025
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Atkins grew up in rural Appalachia in a rented home with an outdoor privy.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Advantageously, the two-in-one design keeps splashing water and wet footprints away from the commode and vanity areas.—
Halee Miller Van Ryswyk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Sep. 2025
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Here there are two separate vanities with sinks, a hydro-soaking tub, separate shower stall, and a separate room for the commode.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
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Use a disinfecting cleaner on all the doorknobs in every room, as well as handles for toilets and the kitchen faucet.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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To add a bowel surgeon’s perspective, fermentation precedes the development of the first toilet (Mesopotamia) by some five thousand years.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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Among the controversial bills this session are measures regarding union fees, artificial intelligence regulation and a bill to tax pot based on its potency.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Overwatering can be caused by a pot with poor drainage, the wrong potting medium, or a potting medium that has become old and so compacted that water cannot drain off the roots and air cannot get into the roots.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Jan. 2026
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For the analysis, published in the journal Parasitology, researchers looked at 50 sediment samples taken from the drain of a third-century latrine at the fort.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
22 Dec. 2025
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The team took 50 sediment samples along the length of the roughly 30-foot-long latrine drain.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Right now, our list includes fabric storage bins, under-sink organizers, food storage bins, and other organizers for the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and other living spaces.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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The bathroom, with its high moisture levels and frequent use of various products, is notorious for this unsightly buildup.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Jan. 2026
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The 12-piece set includes two frying pans, two saucepans with matching lids, a Dutch oven, a sauté pan, and two wooden utensils.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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The barrage of sounds and effects is so overstimulating that trying to suss out whatever occasional folk signifiers peek through (a gamelan here, a pan-flute there) can leave you with egg on your face.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Outhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outhouse. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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