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Recent Examples of porte cochere
The concrete columns form a porte cochere, where owners drive through to a basement garage (spaces are $200,000) and take an elevator straight to their floors, avoiding the neighborhood entirely.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Mar. 2023
Thanks to the nature reserves, the property feels more like 15 acres, with immaculate landscaping and a custom drive-through porte cochere.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 May 2023
Led by renowned design firms Rockwell Group and Hart Howerton, the renovation updated the veranda and porte cochere, the grand lobby, guest rooms, ballrooms, and the on-site restaurants.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2023
Landscape architect Janice Parker carefully considered how this area would be viewed from the back of the home, particularly as one passes through the porte cochere.
—Owen Holmes, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Mar. 2023
Thanks to the nature reserves, the property feels more like 15 acres, with immaculate landscaping and a custom drive-through porte cochere.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 May 2023
Led by renowned design firms Rockwell Group and Hart Howerton, the renovation updated the veranda and porte cochere, the grand lobby, guest rooms, ballrooms, and the on-site restaurants.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2023
Landscape architect Janice Parker carefully considered how this area would be viewed from the back of the home, particularly as one passes through the porte cochere.
—Owen Holmes, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for porte cochere
Noun
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Firefighters found the man’s body on the home’s front porch, Metro Fire Capt. Mark Nunez, a department spokesman, said in a release following the blaze.—
Darrell Smith
July 14,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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There’s a few reasons why shoes might be forgotten on the porch.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Bakay says part of the makeover will be enlivening the piazza itself with cooking demos, outdoor yoga and live music.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 July 2025
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On July 13 and 20, Leo XIV will celebrate Mass in a cathedral and a church nearby, and then lead the Sunday Angelus prayer from the town’s central piazza.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
7 July 2025
Noun
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Everyone stays in a spacious veranda stateroom or suite; specialty restaurants, such as a fine Italian venue and a chef’s tasting experience, are complimentary, and so is the accompanying beer and wine.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
3 July 2025
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Drink your coffee on the wraparound veranda each morning (while keeping an eye out for the local elk herd) before heading out for adventures at the three nearby volcanoes.—
Sarah Sekula,
USA Today,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Highlights include a media room and a sleeping porch, along with a spacious fireside living room topped with a statement chandelier.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
5 May 2025
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This home has three bedrooms and a sleeping porch, two and a half bathrooms, a fireplace, a lawn, and deck.—
Kristine Hansen,
Architectural Digest,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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One of my earliest memories was of grabbing the L.A. Times off the front stoop the morning after Bobby Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel, right here in Los Angeles.—
James Rainey
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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If a poor single woman who came to New York to work in an unstable low-wage job became pregnant out of wedlock, shame, stigma, poverty, lack of childcare options, and the anonymity of city living might lead her to leave her infant on a stoop.—
Time,
Time,
28 May 2025
Noun
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The 7-bedroom, 7-bathroom home also has an exercise facility, theater room, outdoor BBQ lanai, two fire pits, and a 45,000-gallon negative-edge infinity pool with a waterslide and swim-up sunken bar – all situated 30 yards from the 17th tee box of the Plantation Course.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Halla said the lanai has been the venue for hosting large events such as wedding receptions, a 50th anniversary celebration and Christmas parties for church staff.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Porte cochere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porte%20cochere. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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