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or verandah
as in porch
a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building
whiling away the afternoon from the inn's wide veranda
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Recent Examples of veranda
Standing out within the primary dwelling is a fireside living room flaunting a row of French doors spilling out to a covered veranda.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 10 July 2025
While there are only renderings of the rooms (for now), the vision includes light wood floors, bright white linens, separate sleeping and living spaces, and massive floor-to-ceiling windows and doors that open to verandas, allowing the Egyptian sun to illuminate every inch of the ship.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2025
The property features several verandas, loggias, and panoramic atriums that shift throughout the day and across seasons, each one offering a unique experience under the changing light of the Italian sun.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 14 June 2025
That is until the evening on the veranda with the storm cloud mirroring the sunset.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 10 July 2025
While there are only renderings of the rooms (for now), the vision includes light wood floors, bright white linens, separate sleeping and living spaces, and massive floor-to-ceiling windows and doors that open to verandas, allowing the Egyptian sun to illuminate every inch of the ship.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2025
The property features several verandas, loggias, and panoramic atriums that shift throughout the day and across seasons, each one offering a unique experience under the changing light of the Italian sun.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 14 June 2025
That is until the evening on the veranda with the storm cloud mirroring the sunset.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for veranda
porch
Noun
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When Fort Worth campuses were closed during the COVID pandemic, Bennett, who lives near the school, tutored Briscoe students on her front porch.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Aug. 2025
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After a report on a meeting of Bath County supervisors, in 2017, someone dumped manure in front of the local station’s porch, twice.—
Oliver Whang,
New Yorker,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Veranda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veranda. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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