semi

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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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
  • Private river frontage, creeks, springs, and senior water rights make the ranch entirely self-reliant—no outside feed required.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Guaranteed to satisfy a crowd after a long day's work (on or off the ranch), this one-dish supper is easy to make and keep in the freezer to save suppertime.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • And people weren’t really that keen on financing this low-budget film about two people on an estate in bungalow.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Its historic bungalows, built in the 1920s, will transport you right back to its founding year, with local art and furniture reminiscent of the turn of the century.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 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 26 Aug. 2025.

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