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Recent Examples of porch
Someone fired into the home of Indianapolis city council member Ron Gibson, who favors plans to build a data center in town, and left a note on his porch.
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Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2026
Declutter the Exterior Buyers want to picture themselves living in your home, not see remnants of your life piled on the porch.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
Projects like siding replacement and porch updates add value, while pools and hardscaping rarely recoup costs.
—Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 5 Apr. 2026
That season Monson led Gonzaga to the Sweet 16, the athletics front porch giving the school some brand swag to, if not save it from extinction at least give it a very solid boost.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2026
Declutter the Exterior Buyers want to picture themselves living in your home, not see remnants of your life piled on the porch.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
Projects like siding replacement and porch updates add value, while pools and hardscaping rarely recoup costs.
—Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 5 Apr. 2026
That season Monson led Gonzaga to the Sweet 16, the athletics front porch giving the school some brand swag to, if not save it from extinction at least give it a very solid boost.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for porch
Noun
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The campus, like other KLA Schools, will have a piazza to serve as a gathering place for students and families and an atelier to encourage collaboration and creativity.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
1 Apr. 2026
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Italian piazzas are covered by retractable, UV-filtering canopies, deployed each morning like futuristic umbrellas against an invisible downpour.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The architect revised plans slightly since the last commission meeting, removing stairs that would have extended from the ballroom’s south portico.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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Columns along the portico will block interior views and natural daylight.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The woman with her bare feet in the soil, sitting on a stoop or in the grass.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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Just off the back of the house toward the main bedroom, a stoop steps down to your very own courtyard.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Relics like the more than century-old Greek Club's veranda that overlooks a roundabout with a bronze statue of Talaat Harb, who championed Egyptian economic independence from foreign influence.—
Aya Batrawy,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2026
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The lobby itself channels an open veranda (a nod to Charleston’s plethora of breeze-catching porches), with gauzy drapes, silent ceiling fans, and even a hanging swing.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Porch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porch. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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