semi

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of semi The driver of the semi was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Mary Gilbert, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for semi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semi
Noun
  • The rooms are elegant, but the townhouse-style duplex suites stand out due to their airy, high ceilings, views across the rooftops, and ample space for relaxing.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • Photo: Rumah Realty Inc A duplex studio — what a concept!
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • The benefit applies if a property owner wants to replace what was a 1940s ranch house with a home constructed to today’s fire code and other modern standards.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Back in 2007, Angie Thornbury doled out $2.8 million for an unremarkable 1960s ranch house perched in the coveted Bird Streets enclave of Los Angeles.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • According to a 2016 study from the National Association of Homebuilders, the median density nationwide for town house and apartments subdivisions combined was almost 19 units per acre.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 11 June 2025
  • The region’s design and construction talents have the ability to bring the surrounding landscape into projects of all types, from modern mountain homes to urban apartments and town houses.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • The operation is massive: participants haul wagons and horses up to Nevada from all over California and coordinate nightly rest stops in shopping centers, ranches, even neighborhoods.
    Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2025
  • Blue Origin, the space company founded and owned by Jeff Bezos, launched six people to the edge of space Saturday, May 31, from Bezos' ranch in West Texas, CBS News reports.
    Stephen Clark – Jun 6, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • That’s a terrible lyric because the word bungalow is not a good song word.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025
  • Not because of the sweet bungalow, which is situated in a dense Manhattan Beach neighborhood where parking is scarce and neighbors are often on top of one another.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Accommodations include king and double queen rooms in the nine cottages, as well as suites and multi-bedroom suites.
    Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • He was shot dead at his cottage in rural Ireland four months later.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 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
  • James Hus, from DVG Engineering, said plans are to build single, six-unit townhomes on a parcel of land located at West 96th Avenue and Merrillville Road.
    Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
  • Ricky Williams has one regret about his Dolphins career Oakland Park prepares for 469 low-income apartments and townhomes ASK IRA: Would parting with Kel’el Ware for Kevin Durant make Heat sense?
    Joe Cavaretta, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2025

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“Semi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semi. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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