semi

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of semi Calvary Christian defeated Cardinal Gibbons 72-58 in the Class 3A state semi. Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025 The California plan, which has been closely watched by other states and countries, was meant to take a big leap forward last year, with a requirement that some of the more than 30,000 trucks that move cargo in and out of ports start using semis that don’t emit carbon dioxide. Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025 Lake County crash investigators determined that the semi was traveling south on U.S. 41 at the time of the crash. Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025 This semi represented her 200th career singles pro win on tour. Todd Boss, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for semi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semi
Noun
  • His duplex shows a cultured side: Persian rugs, two statues of green, shin-high Vietnamese Foo dogs, framed lithographs of sailboats, watercolors of street scenes in Italy, a shelf of books on art, a rack of records of Mozart and Vivaldi.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
  • That bill would have modified existing housing laws designed to encourage duplexes on parcels of land zoned for single family housing, with the goal of streamlining the development process.
    Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • At the time, much of Altadena, a suburb north of Pasadena in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, was neither wealthy nor in high demand, and its bungalows and ranch houses were affordable.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
  • These two young hounds chased the house cats around the San Ysidro ranch house together.
    Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The first was reported about 9:05 a.m. Friday, May 9, at a town house in the 1700 block of Pebble Beach Circle, leaving a family displaced and their pet dog deceased, a fire report said.
    Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • The store, which was designed by Emily Ord of Studio Order, is located on two floors in a town house right off 73rd Street.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • From the outside, Crystal Meadows looked like every other sprawling ranch on the block.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 14 May 2025
  • The Frontierland concept is still present, complete with a pony ranch and a stagecoach, as is a haunted house and a land themed to miniatures, a concept that would ultimately become the Storybook Land Canal Boats.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Colorful Bocas Town is lively, with a concentrated center of bars, restaurants, and shops, but more remote reaches of the island are home to forests, beaches, and even boutique resorts with luxe overwater bungalows.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
  • Five years ago, builder Jared Brunk and his architecture partner and wife Shanna Yates doled out nearly $600,000 for a South Los Angeles parcel holding a traditional California bungalow dating back to the early 1900s.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • My cottage, named Lower MerMansion, sits toward the end of the pier and looks out to the east and west.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 May 2025
  • In addition to the property's main mansion, there are several ballrooms, cottages, a tennis court and other amenities on site.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • General Electric fills those tract houses with appliances.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 4 June 2024
  • RuPaul was born in San Diego in 1960, the third of four children and the only boy, and brought up in a yellow three-bedroom tract house, one of four models in a housing development called Michelle Manor.
    Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • Now, with the Urban League leading the way, there’s a new plan for that parcel and for the 19.4 acres north and west of it: 469 residential units for low- and middle-income families, most for rent, with 114 townhomes for sale.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2025
  • Mooresville approved a rezoning late Monday for a national homebuilder’s planned 78 townhomes near Lake Norman.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2025

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“Semi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semi. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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