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Recent Examples of tract house
But his idyllic Mayberry was now a construction yard surrounded by tract houses.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Most of the homes are tract houses, and many have taken on the personality of their owners with upgrades over the years.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
Depending on the location, the cost for a ranch tract house with a garage in the suburbs was within a middle-class family’s reach.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023
In a 1973 photograph of a tract house in Longmont, Colo., Adams shows us the rear of the structure and its patio, on which all the chairs but one face inward, toward the split-level home, as if the people who live here can’t bear to look out on the world their prosperity has destroyed.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 June 2022
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Most of the homes are tract houses, and many have taken on the personality of their owners with upgrades over the years.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
Depending on the location, the cost for a ranch tract house with a garage in the suburbs was within a middle-class family’s reach.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023
In a 1973 photograph of a tract house in Longmont, Colo., Adams shows us the rear of the structure and its patio, on which all the chairs but one face inward, toward the split-level home, as if the people who live here can’t bear to look out on the world their prosperity has destroyed.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tract house
Noun
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Sitting Bull Cottage, the original ranch house dating to the 1920s, has been restored.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
30 Mar. 2026
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In the kitchen of a modest Victorian ranch house in Northern California, there sits a small round table.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Lincoln Park town house vanished almost as quickly as Sasha Adler fell for it.—
David Foxley,
Architectural Digest,
25 Feb. 2026
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Did that really happen on Epstein’s island, or at his town house or mansion?—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Two girls born on the same day in a manor house see their lives altered by an act of revenge that changes their place within a powerful family.—
Emiliano de Pablos,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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What were manor houses, exactly?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Denton will play Chet, an employee at a major rival ranch.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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Kevin Chalker on his ranch in North Carolina.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The bill also loosens rules around building increasingly popular accessory dwelling units (ADUs) — such as granny flats, in-law suites or backyard cottages — alongside existing structures.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
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Rounding it all off are the ancillary structures—a rustic pool house with a full bath and a wet bar and a Napa-style guest cottage with two en suite bedrooms and a kitchen.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
27 Mar. 2026
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