ranch house

Definition of ranch housenext

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Recent Examples of ranch house The tree was probably planted around 1918 by Donald and Gertrude Ingersoll, who originally bought a parcel of land on this site, built a ranch house, and began replacing native foliage with tall, shady Australian eucalyptus trees. Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025 His polo field, green-and-white stables, and sprawling ranch house had survived fires in 1938 and 1978. Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 The centerpiece of the property is a 2,300-square-foot ranch house, surrounded by a caretaker’s home, a barn, a four-car garage, sheds and corrals. David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2025 Collin moseyed back to the ranch house and waited. Jon Billman, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2017 See All Example Sentences for ranch house
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranch house
Noun
  • Steele visited Epstein at his Upper East Side town house in 2017, and assiduously cultivated the millionaire across a year of correspondence.
    Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
  • But a triptych of photographs that were released last month, showing Andrew apparently on the floor of Epstein’s New York town house, have a terrible directness.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The Netflix series Adolescence starts with a police SWAT team conducting a dawn raid on a modest tract house in the north of England.
    Martha Bayles, National Review, 24 July 2025
  • General Electric fills those tract houses with appliances.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 4 June 2024
Noun
  • Morgan and Glazer spent months traveling together through the United States, France, England, Scotland and Ireland, scouting antique fairs and dealers, flea markets, junk shops and old manor houses selling their patrimony.
    Mark Lamster Architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • At the center of the spread is an 18th-century manor house measuring just over 8,600 square feet.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The seven-time Oscar nominee, known for his performances in two Godfather films, Apocalypse Now, The Great Santini, Lonesome Dove and The Apostle, died Sunday at home on his Virginia ranch, his wife, Luciana, announced.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Ronald Reagan President Ronald Reagan favored straightforward American cooking, including steak served at his California ranch, Rancho del Cielo.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Homeowners Katie and Jared Hyatt fondly named their 1866 cottage on Main Street in Madison, Georgia, ‘The Few House’.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Mike and Patricia McCoy answered the door of their cozy cottage in Imperial Beach, a short stroll from crashing waves and several blocks from the Tijuana River Estuary, where California meets Mexico and the hiking trails are named for them.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026

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“Ranch house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranch%20house. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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