ranch house

Definition of ranch housenext

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ranch house It was signed at the Campo de Cahuenga — an adobe ranch house near the Cahuenga Pass in the San Fernando Valley. Staff Report, Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026 Webster and his wife bought a one-story ranch house, 20 acres in the middle of nowhere. Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026 The residency came with a modest ranch house surrounded by several hundred acres. Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for ranch house
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranch house
Noun
  • The Lincoln Park town house vanished almost as quickly as Sasha Adler fell for it.
    David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Did that really happen on Epstein’s island, or at his town house or mansion?
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 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
  • Two girls born on the same day in a manor house see their lives altered by an act of revenge that changes their place within a powerful family.
    Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
  • What were manor houses, exactly?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Denton will play Chet, an employee at a major rival ranch.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Kevin Chalker on his ranch in North Carolina.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The bill also loosens rules around building increasingly popular accessory dwelling units (ADUs) — such as granny flats, in-law suites or backyard cottages — alongside existing structures.
    Bob Woods, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Rounding it all off are the ancillary structures—a rustic pool house with a full bath and a wet bar and a Napa-style guest cottage with two en suite bedrooms and a kitchen.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2026

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“Ranch house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranch%20house. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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