as in mansions
a large impressive residence
a millionaire with a luxurious villa in Mexico
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Recent Examples of villas
Families can choose suites accommodating up to five people (some with swim-up access) or two-bedroom villas with private pools and butler service for up to six.
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Chelsea Adams,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
There are vertiginous views in Dubai and calm desert minimalism in Utah, where villas are sculpted into otherworldly canyons.
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Mark David,
Robb Report,
18 June 2026
Both resorts also offer two- and three-bedroom villas, which come with either a pool or Jacuzzi.
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Deeya Sonalkar,
TheWeek,
18 June 2026
Peacock describes Casa Amor as a period when Islanders are separated from their current partners and moved into different villas with a new group of potential romantic matches for three to four days.
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Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
Construction contracts in Saxony and Thuringia and some very contented Irish developers with nice new villas on the Italian coast.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Unsurprisingly, the property is expanding further with 43 new villas, set to open across the road in 2025.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
The Rooms Borgo Egnazia has three types of accommodations, from standard doubles to palatial villas.
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Denny Lee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 June 2026
Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the wilderness like living canvases, while the perennial Sabie River flows just beyond the lodge's decks and villas.
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Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
Chelsea Adams,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
There are vertiginous views in Dubai and calm desert minimalism in Utah, where villas are sculpted into otherworldly canyons.
—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
18 June 2026
Both resorts also offer two- and three-bedroom villas, which come with either a pool or Jacuzzi.
—
Deeya Sonalkar,
TheWeek,
18 June 2026
Peacock describes Casa Amor as a period when Islanders are separated from their current partners and moved into different villas with a new group of potential romantic matches for three to four days.
—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
Construction contracts in Saxony and Thuringia and some very contented Irish developers with nice new villas on the Italian coast.
—
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Unsurprisingly, the property is expanding further with 43 new villas, set to open across the road in 2025.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
The Rooms Borgo Egnazia has three types of accommodations, from standard doubles to palatial villas.
—
Denny Lee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 June 2026
Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the wilderness like living canvases, while the perennial Sabie River flows just beyond the lodge's decks and villas.
—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for villas
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Enter the brothers Moon, a troubled pair of Korean immigrant boxers who’ve carved out a life for themselves in the City of Angels, far away from the Beverly Hills mansions and Hollywood royalty of last season.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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The outdoor screenings take place across Aquidneck Island and are held on the lawns of historic mansions and in public parks.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 June 2026
Noun
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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
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While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.—
Adrian Madlener,
Curbed,
6 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Importantly, there is little evidence today that organizations can simply add AI to existing technology estates and naturally evolve into these agentic environments.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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And former Droll/Kolbert Gallery director Barry Rosen has spent decades as an adviser to the estates of several Hauser & Wirth artists, including Eva Hesse and Lee Lozano, and separately to the glass artist Dale Chihuly.—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
Noun
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And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix.—
Lindsay Cohn,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
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Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
10 June 2026
Noun
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The plan also urges African countries to preserve former slave forts and castles as memorial sites.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2026
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Nolan and the cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, wielding heavy IMAX cameras, shot their picture across the Mediterranean and beyond, in caves, castles, beaches, black-sand wastes, and open water.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Noun
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More like a small city, larger than Pompeii, Hadrian’s Palace boasted a sprawling display of 30 monumental buildings, including palaces, libraries, baths, and theaters.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
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King Kalakaua is said to have been inspired by the grand palaces of Europe when designing his own in the islands.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Noun
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The country is a top cultivator and exporter of greenhouse tomatoes (Mexico, China, Canada, the United States and Spain are the other power-green houses in this space, with an annual market of ~$10B growing to ~$16B by 2030).—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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Beach houses are the way to stay in Edisto; book one big enough to sleep the entire family and make memories to last a lifetime.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
21 June 2026
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“Villas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villas. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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