tract house

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Recent Examples of tract house But his idyllic Mayberry was now a construction yard surrounded by tract houses. 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 See All Example Sentences for tract house
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tract house
Noun
  • The Turkey Track Ranch has three of its own ranch houses, while The Wooden Rifle Unit features a main house, a bunkhouse, a shop, a storage building, a barn, and corrals.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • After nearly two weeks in intensive care, Schottenstein was discharged from the hospital to recuperate at his town house, in Lower Manhattan.
    Matthew Herskowitz, Air Mail, 9 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Once a hallmark of manor houses and European estates, these richly detailed patterns are gracing homes with a newfound relevance and charm.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Clement Virgo’s erotic, eerie thriller Steal Away tells the story of two young women — one Black, one white — who form a bond while trying to unravel the secret history of a stately manor house.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The sisters flee to the ranch to avoid arrest, taking precautionary measures to conceal themselves.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Jett’s ranch, as well as two properties in Los Angeles County, were transferred to him, and Von Ferdinand also purchased another residence in Los Angeles County, allegedly with money wired from Jett’s bank account.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Teach a New Room Old Tricks The blue-green ceilings throughout were inspired by ones in their former cottage’s kitchen.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In this horror-thriller, married musicians Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen move to an isolated Welsh cottage to record sounds for their new album — and find something sinister instead.
    Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Tract house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tract%20house. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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