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
  • 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
  • The rooms, manor house, spa, guides, chefs, and 58,000-acre grounds are all at your disposal.
    Ian Proctor, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hauser’s jaded ranch foreman Rip, who first came to John Dutton as a young boy on the run after killing his stepfather to protect his mother, learned how to be a cowboy from John, who treated him like a son.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The show takes place after the events of the Yellowstone flagship series, which concluded December 2024 and ended with Beth Dutton and husband Rip Wheeler moving to a new ranch in Montana.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Top 5 Can’t Miss Book a lakefront stay at Wander the Resort, where sleek cottages and private beachfront access redefine rustic luxury.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Built in 1885 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the estate offers five guest rooms with en-suite bathrooms, plus a standalone three-bedroom cottage for larger groups.
    Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Tract house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tract%20house. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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