ranch house

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Recent Examples of ranch house In the kitchen of a modest Victorian ranch house in Northern California, there sits a small round table. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026 Today, accommodations include casita rooms, suites, and a ranch house, outfitted with tile floors, exposed wood beams, and private in-room fireplaces. Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026 Viewed from the street, the house actually is pretty unremarkable — a mid-size, split-level, midcentury ranch house, built in a style that became pretty ubiquitous in the California suburbs in the post-World War II era. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026 His staff often has to yank him out of his ranch house in Austin to get on the road. Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ranch house
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranch house
Noun
  • For years, a standard part of renovating a town house was bringing the basement kitchen up, to the former dining room, near the living room.
    The Editors of AD, Architectural Digest, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The home here is a ramshackle London town house where a famed painter, Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen), is spending his final years in a haze of creative stagnation and lingering renown.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 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
  • The protagonist is a darkly violent, possessive young man named Jacob Cullen, who works in a manor house.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 May 2026
  • Set the scene The 12-bedroom property, hidden discreetly behind high walls, feels like a mini country manor house, furnished with seven generous suites and five garden pavilions housing more modest, colorful cottage bedrooms.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In Utah, one hyperscale data center in Box Elder County withdrew an application to transfer 1,900 acre-feet of water from a ranch to their facility.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
  • Channel Islands National Park, California A throwback to old California, the five-island park preserves paleolithic digs, frontier-era ranches and relics of Spanish exploration.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Jenny Magidson’s cottage is one of about 785 homes destroyed in her community, according to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, about two-thirds of those in Grizzly Flats.
    Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
  • Four championship golf courses surround the cottages, villas, and condos.
    Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026

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“Ranch house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranch%20house. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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