semi

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of semi 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 Quarterfinals and semis are Tuesday, with the final Wednesday afternoon. Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025 Quarterfinals and semis are Tuesday, and the final is Wednesday afternoon. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for semi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semi
Noun
  • West Metro Fire Rescue crews and Lakewood police responded to the 1700 block of Cody Street at 7:15 p.m. after several people called 911 about a fire at a duplex, the agencies said Saturday.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 12 July 2025
  • Medical personnel attempted to treat her injuries, but she was pronounced dead at 9:50 a.m. The landlord, who lived in the upper unit of the duplex, told police that his assailant had entered the unit by force before shooting him several times.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • In the 1880s structures were added including ranch houses, winery, a chapel and blacksmith and saddle shops.
    Paul Bersebach, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
  • For the last 50 years, the photos have sat largely untouched, tucked away in the drawer of an antique credenza in Ms. Clark’s Van Nuys ranch house.
    Nathan Taylor Pemberton, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But in the case of designer Rob Johansen’s recent renovation of a palatial seven-story 1899 town house on the Upper East Side, the timeless stamp is merited.
    Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
  • Homeowners near The River Club golf course in Garden City have long objected to plans to redevelop the property next to State Street, including when the city previously approved a plan to build up to 750 homes and town houses there.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The jury was shown transcripts of angry emails and text messages between Serafini and his wife’s parents showing a heated, ongoing dispute over a $1.3 million loan from his in-laws to help fund his wife’s fledgling horse ranch business.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
  • Ranch: The Ranch Snack Wrap delivers a satisfying burst of cool ranch goodness, with hints of garlic and onion.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The hotel also hosts afternoon tea with cakes and small bites in the elegant Living Room, housed in a colonial bungalow dating back to the 1880s.
    Christine Burroni, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2025
  • Rapidly rising floodwaters in the early morning hours of July 4 swept through river-adjacent summer camp bungalows, washed cars off roadways and left some survivors clinging to trees.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • The look and feel of the 65 standalone cottages and cabins—some with floor-to-ceiling windows and fireplaces, others with private decks or outdoor firepits—is essential to the property.
    Jess Feldman, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2025
  • Accommodations will comprise 80 hotel rooms and 23 cottages with one or two bedrooms.
    Matt Villano, AFAR Media, 17 July 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
  • Stewart said there’s already one developer who is considering a parcel on Randall Road, north of the former Dominick’s site, for a 300-unit luxury townhome subdivision once the TIF is in place.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025
  • So far, the city is seeing more than 400 apartment units, about 150 townhomes and about 268 units in duplex buildings under construction across several projects in the city.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2025

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“Semi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semi. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.

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