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a large impressive residence
a millionaire with a luxurious villa in Mexico
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Recent Examples of villas
Afterward, rest up in one of the Five-Star hotel’s 35 villas.
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Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
What to Know About Tuscan Style Rooted in the agrarian villas and farmhouses of the Italian countryside, classic Tuscan design celebrates its heritage, authenticity, and deep connection with the land through the use of natural, aged materials.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
With a beautiful mountain setting and choices for stays ranging from houses that sleep eight, villas for two or four or six or bedrooms for two, solos and pets as well, there’s an upscale option for everyone here.
—Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
The hotel has just 14 guest rooms and two villas set on a nine-acre working olive grove near the vibrant village of Santa Gertrudis.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
But festivalgoers, who paid thousands of dollars for luxury villas and gourmet meals, arrived to find the site incomplete and in chaos — mattresses in disaster tents, luggage tossed from trucks and no major acts willing to perform.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
At the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, which occupies two elegant villas, see graduates from the Princess Grace Academy perform at Les Ballets de Monte Carlo.
—AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
Rental Escapes also works with Ski Butlers at each of its skiing villas.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
For ultimate privacy and security, people are renting private villas on Mustique, according to India.
—Beth Landman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
What to Know About Tuscan Style Rooted in the agrarian villas and farmhouses of the Italian countryside, classic Tuscan design celebrates its heritage, authenticity, and deep connection with the land through the use of natural, aged materials.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
With a beautiful mountain setting and choices for stays ranging from houses that sleep eight, villas for two or four or six or bedrooms for two, solos and pets as well, there’s an upscale option for everyone here.
—Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
The hotel has just 14 guest rooms and two villas set on a nine-acre working olive grove near the vibrant village of Santa Gertrudis.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
But festivalgoers, who paid thousands of dollars for luxury villas and gourmet meals, arrived to find the site incomplete and in chaos — mattresses in disaster tents, luggage tossed from trucks and no major acts willing to perform.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
At the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, which occupies two elegant villas, see graduates from the Princess Grace Academy perform at Les Ballets de Monte Carlo.
—AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
Rental Escapes also works with Ski Butlers at each of its skiing villas.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
For ultimate privacy and security, people are renting private villas on Mustique, according to India.
—Beth Landman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for villas
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While the frequent visits from Portuguese, Dutch, British and Indian peoples is reflected in the various churches, Hindu temples, colonial mansions, Buddhist stupas the food has been heavily impacted.—
Alissa Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Instead of dreary Danish castles, the action unfolds in boardrooms, mansions and wedding halls in contemporary London and the verse is delivered by a primarily South Asian cast.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Private estates gave way to office buildings and hotels in the 1960s and ‘70s.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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When the Great Depression hits, these estates become the targets of an ideological clash.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Initial reports claimed that armed militias burned hundreds of wealthy landowners’ homes and manors.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
27 Aug. 2025
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Producers searched for historic manors with the electrical capacity to support twelve ovens and an entire crew.—
Ruby Tandoh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Then there are medieval castles.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Kids love the beaches and castles, while grandparents enjoy the relaxed pace and beautiful landscapes.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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Manolo Blahnik, founder, designer Blahnik’s shoes have become icons, worn in palaces, down runways and by first ladies and A-list celebrities alike.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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During the eight-day cruise, guests will visit the terra-cotta temples in Kalna, the Nawabi palaces of Murshidabad, the Mughal gardens of Khushbagh, the haunting ruins of Gaur, and Mayapur’s sprawling Hare Krishna complex.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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Perfume houses might use microencapsulation, putting fragrance oils inside teeny spheres that break down slowly to release the notes over time.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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More like the way some younger HNWI’s live in houses where the kitchen is big and comfortable rather than being hidden away.—
Bill Springer,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Villas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villas. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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