semi

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of semi Quarterfinals and semis are Tuesday, and the final is Wednesday afternoon. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025 Quarterfinals and semis are Tuesday, the final is Wednesday afternoon. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025 The Brown County Sheriff's Office said in a post on Facebook that the accident involving the semi and train occurred around 2:15 p.m. April 4 on US-14 in Sleepy Eye, about 100 miles southwest of Minneapolis. Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025 At least one person died and two others were injured in a crash between three semis and four other vehicles in Palmer County, said Cesar Marquez, city manager and fire chief in Bovina. Phil Helsel, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for semi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semi
Noun
  • The Vale Garden Residence, a duplex suite at Brooklyn's only true luxury hotel, offers a wraparound terrace with sweeping skyline views, floor-to-ceiling windows, and even an open-air jacuzzi.
    Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • In the request, the applicant is asking for the city to allow encroachments into the 100-foot freeway setback along K-7, for the apartment buildings to be six feet taller than the 35-foot limit, and that the lots can be reduced for 23 duplex lots.
    Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 17 June 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
  • The applicant listed on the rezoning petition is developer Prosperity Alliance, which is currently building affordable town houses on the former Economy Inn site in the Hidden Valley neighborhood.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 20 June 2025
  • One of the detectives picked up the Italian man at an airport and brought him to the SoHo town house, two sources told CBS News New York.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • The road passes vast farm fields, undulating grasslands dotted with towering wind turbines and sprawling cattle ranches before entering Amarillo, the Panhandle’s largest city.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • The area includes horse ranches and lies just south of the riverbed of the San Diego River.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Stationed elsewhere are the aforementioned ancillary structures, which encompass an art studio, a guest bungalow, a writing house, and a trio of utility sheds.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
  • There are four bungalows, a movie theater, a greenhouse, a gym, a thalassotherapy room, and a huge organic garden.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Warmer toned shingles, such as weathered wood or brown, complement homes with natural wood elements and traditional architectural styles like Tudor or English cottages.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 June 2025
  • Listed for $24 million, the 7.5-acre waterfront estate in Oysters Harbor includes a main residence, a boat dock, guest cottages, and private gardens.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 June 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
  • Rio Rockwell is 50 single-family homes and 54 townhomes, including 11 units reserved for low-income residents, in northeastern Oceanside near the San Luis Rey River.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • Sales of condos and townhomes were down 21% in April in Miami-Dade, according to the latest report from the Miami Association of Realtors.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025

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