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showplaces

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plural of showplace

as in mansions

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While races for Congress or governors' mansions may dominate the airwaves, some of the most competitive and significant contests are farther down the ballot.

— Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026
Offenhauser, who died in 2016, designed numerous mansions in Beverly Hills and Bel-Air, including Palazzo di Amore, currently owned by billionaire Jeff Greene.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of mansions

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Their task was to design 100 villas for anonymous (and seemingly nonexistent) Chinese millionaires.

— Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
The property is also home to two villas, both of which overlook the on-site golf course, as well as 14 suites within the Spa Mansion.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of villas

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Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026

Definition of haciendas

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The One Big Beautiful Bill eliminated the estate tax, which applies to the wealth of large estates.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
Sensory gardens scale down to small patios, raised beds and family-friendly plots, so the concept is not reserved for sprawling landscaped estates.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of estates

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All over the world, travelers can use their miles and points to stay in traditional hotels, safari camps, glamping tents, treehouses, manor houses and even on Richard Branson’s Necker Island.

— Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
The island is nestled between the two forks of Long Island and is known for its unspoiled beaches and beautiful manor houses.

— Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026

Definition of manor houses

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These systems, which are based on mathematical structures called neural networks, excel at cognitive tasks that until recently seemed exclusive to humans.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026
Researchers also modified the protein to investigate how these structures grow.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

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