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The seven-bedroom, 11-bath abode is a new build from Surround Architecture and builder Tom Stanko.—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025 Keep in mind, however, that this is the starting price, and serious buyers will likely settle on a higher number to make this 400-square-foot abode the house of their loftiest dreams.—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2025 The slender abode is a svelte 10-feet wide (and 60-feet long).—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025 The newcomers to their abode are Jerry, a hunky Mormon flight attendant (Bomer), and Arthur, a haughty fashion doyen recently fired from Vogue (Graham).—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abode
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Etymology
Middle English abade, abode, from bade, bode "stay, delay" (going back to Old English bād "expectation, period of waiting," probably going back to Germanic *baiđ-, noun derivative from the base of *bīđ- "wait, bide") crossed with abiden "to abide"
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