semi

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of semi Erin Zeigler, a spokesperson for TDOT, said the semi was carrying electrical parts. Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 11 July 2025 The semi and tanker trailer rolled over, blocking the tracks that run parallel to Missouri 45, Shanks said. Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2025 The Lions losses were to Redondo inthe CIF-SS Division 1 team semis and to Mira Costa. Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 18 June 2025 An image from a TxDOT traffic camera showed a jackknifed semi truck at the scene. Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for semi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semi
Noun
  • Maybe the grandest of all was 740 Park Avenue, where Jackie Bouvier Kennedy grew up and John D. Rockefeller Jr. lived in a prime duplex.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Holmes Hotel, a 4-star on Baker Street, is made up of four Georgian townhouses with 118 hotel rooms that range from cozy doubles to luxurious, 50 square meter duplex loft suites.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Many thought Dolton didn’t have the money or political will to land the little ranch house where Leo played priest as a young Robert Francis Prevost.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • The family briefly lived with an aunt before renting a town house in West Covina, which reminded Adriana of the town from Back to the Future.
    Mickey Rapkin, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2025
  • The developer could have easily decided to take this tree out, along with another one nearby, to fit another row of town houses down the middle of the block.
    Bellamy Pailthorp, NPR, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • In addition, both had childhood experiences at their grandparents’ hobby farms: Schneider’s grandfather had a horse ranch and vegetable farm in Michigan, and Alem’s grandmother grew corn, tomatoes and cucumbers in Louisiana.
    Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The pair became a Hollywood power couple and tied the knot in 1988 during a top-secret ceremony at Reynolds' ranch in Jupiter, Fla., which was documented by PEOPLE.
    Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • While none of the bungalows or villas include a private plunge pool, the resort’s centerpiece—the Coliseum Pool—more than makes up for it.
    John Vorwald, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2025
  • To step inside your private bungalow, available in one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom layouts, feels like stepping inside a gingerbread house with a tropical twist.
    Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Along with six standard guest rooms, the resort features 28 cottages, with two designed by Frank Lloyd Wright protégé John Rattenbury.
    Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2025
  • One editor said that this style of cottage felt like a standard cottage cheese, with a nice variety of curd sizes, standard level of saltiness, and mild but pleasant level of tang.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
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 preliminary plan included 730 single-family homes, 326 townhomes and 840 multifamily units, as well as a 200-room hotel and 306,000 square feet of commercial, office and retail space.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Police searched the townhome regarding the mail theft.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Semi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semi. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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