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Recent Examples of semi
Officers found the vehicles on the highway’s center divider, a gray Chevrolet Corvette stuck underneath the larger semi-trailer, according to CHP dispatch logs.
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
While there are small traces of overlap with their previous semi-autobiographical semi-comedies and Martin’s dryly comic tone is employed periodically, Wayward is not, exactly, a comedy.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
The tires were semi-slicks, and the suspension was also tuned specifically for this speed run.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2025
The local schools with the most semi-finalists were Ardrey Kell High School, Myers Park High School and Charlotte Latin School.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 19 Sep. 2025
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
While there are small traces of overlap with their previous semi-autobiographical semi-comedies and Martin’s dryly comic tone is employed periodically, Wayward is not, exactly, a comedy.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
The tires were semi-slicks, and the suspension was also tuned specifically for this speed run.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2025
The local schools with the most semi-finalists were Ardrey Kell High School, Myers Park High School and Charlotte Latin School.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semi
Noun
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Danielle Hokason grew up in the neighborhood and lives in a duplex she’s owned for 20 years near Wilder and Portland avenues, about a block off campus.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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Two officers responded and learned the teen had barricaded himself inside the upper unit of the duplex with several vicious dogs, according to a search warrant.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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Before the car accident, my mother and I used to take walks to Mr. Jasper’s yard down the block from our ranch house.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The first sign that this 19th-century residence is not your standard Pinterest archetype of a Brooklyn town house appears on the front door—a bespoke bronze knob that looks strangely like Globey from Pee-wee’s Playhouse.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
5 Sep. 2025
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The project, The District at Ten Mile, is spearheaded by Ahlquist Development and would include dining and retail, a hotel, over 500,000 square feet of office space including medical offices, industrial space for partner Adler Industrial, and up to 400 town houses.—
Marcus Dorsey,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For now, the trainer plans to move into the ranch that Ramos and her husband recently bought in Broward County to have Pegasus nearby.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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Fans of milder sauces can choose between classic ranch, honey barbecue, and honey mustard.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The resort includes a beach, a marina, a park, and trails, with both lakefront and courtyard bungalows.—
Laura Beausire,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Sep. 2025
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The hotel reopened this summer with 50 rooms split between the main building, garden bungalows, and the Sycamore House (there are eight rooms in the latter).—
Jackie Bryant,
AFAR Media,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These private cabin, tiny home, cottage, and lodge rentals can each sleep anywhere from 2 to 12 guests.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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Visitors will be able to see firsthand the hard work and love that went into crafting the English country estate-style cottage.—
Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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General Electric fills those tract houses with appliances.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
4 June 2024
Noun
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In the condominium and townhome market, the median price in Marin last month was $745,000 on 44 sales.—
Gary Klien,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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The city’s current trash predicament traces back to Measure B, a successful 2022 city ballot measure that ended the decades-long practice of San Diego providing no-fee trash service to single-family homes and many small townhome and apartment complexes.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Semi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semi. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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