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or less commonly rowhouse
: one of a series of houses connected by common sidewalls and forming a continuous group
Fundamentally, a row house is a building that stands cheek by jowl with its neighbors, often sharing a common wall.—
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As the movie begins, the camera pans across a series of cheerful row houses with gardens, landing on one that’s identical but for its unadorned severity.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
The roving camera seems to hunt Blanchett through her character’s London townhouse and hip industrial office space, both impeccably rendered in contrast with Stephen’s dowdy row house by production designer Neil Lamont and set decorator Pancho Chamorro.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
By the 1950s, when the boulevard expanded to meet the new Schuylkill Expressway, it was lined with row houses and shops.
—David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
Trump got his start working for his father, Fred Trump, a New York City real estate developer who built more than 27,000 apartments and row houses in Queens and Brooklyn, according to the New York Times.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
The roving camera seems to hunt Blanchett through her character’s London townhouse and hip industrial office space, both impeccably rendered in contrast with Stephen’s dowdy row house by production designer Neil Lamont and set decorator Pancho Chamorro.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
By the 1950s, when the boulevard expanded to meet the new Schuylkill Expressway, it was lined with row houses and shops.
—David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
Trump got his start working for his father, Fred Trump, a New York City real estate developer who built more than 27,000 apartments and row houses in Queens and Brooklyn, according to the New York Times.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Row house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/row%20house. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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row house
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: any of a row of houses connected by common sidewalls
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