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Recent Examples of McMansion
The house was mercifully razed by the new owners, but its eventual replacement was yet another McMansion that filled nearly every square foot of the property — the sort of construction that changed the community character for the worse over the years.
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James R. Riffel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
The premise was simple: R&T sent Kate Wagner—who cycling fans may know from her newsletter Derailleur, and others might know from her blog McMansion Hell—on a press junket to a Formula 1 race in Austin, Texas.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
Most of the new development in recent years was limited to razing an old Cape Cod-style home and replacing it with a larger, more expensive McMansion.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 18 Oct. 2024
Ferrer bought a brand-new Texas McMansion, put it in his wife’s name, and poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into renovations.
—Christine Biederman, WIRED, 18 June 2019
There's a recurring subplot about a mustard-yellow McMansion recently built — against code — next to Yancy's quaint beachside bungalow.
—Jeff Weiner, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
Ortiz delivers an amusing, deadpan frustration as Yancy’s straight-man foil, and Alex Moffat (SNL) is pitch-perfect smarmy as Evan Shook, a realtor desperately trying to sell a hideous McMansion next to Yancy’s house.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
During a 2006 earnings call with Bob Toll, then–chief executive of McMansion builder Toll Brothers, Toll said things were getting better, and maybe the housing market had bottomed.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 30 July 2024
Many young people today would rather protect their well-being than compete their way up the corporate ladder only to not be able to afford the McMansion their parents bought for a fraction of the price.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2024
James R. Riffel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
The premise was simple: R&T sent Kate Wagner—who cycling fans may know from her newsletter Derailleur, and others might know from her blog McMansion Hell—on a press junket to a Formula 1 race in Austin, Texas.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
Most of the new development in recent years was limited to razing an old Cape Cod-style home and replacing it with a larger, more expensive McMansion.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 18 Oct. 2024
Ferrer bought a brand-new Texas McMansion, put it in his wife’s name, and poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into renovations.
—Christine Biederman, WIRED, 18 June 2019
There's a recurring subplot about a mustard-yellow McMansion recently built — against code — next to Yancy's quaint beachside bungalow.
—Jeff Weiner, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
Ortiz delivers an amusing, deadpan frustration as Yancy’s straight-man foil, and Alex Moffat (SNL) is pitch-perfect smarmy as Evan Shook, a realtor desperately trying to sell a hideous McMansion next to Yancy’s house.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
During a 2006 earnings call with Bob Toll, then–chief executive of McMansion builder Toll Brothers, Toll said things were getting better, and maybe the housing market had bottomed.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 30 July 2024
Many young people today would rather protect their well-being than compete their way up the corporate ladder only to not be able to afford the McMansion their parents bought for a fraction of the price.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for McMansion
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Joining Bezos in the lavish Miami real estate market are David and Victoria Beckham, who opted to purchase their $80 million mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Adele rented the 10-bedroom mansion in West Sussex for six months in 2012, according to Sutton.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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These franchises will beef in perpetuity, given their respective homesteads, but these particular iterations really do not like each other.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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Unsurprisingly, Richie and Madden’s homes have tended to reflect the entrepreneur’s chic yet down-to-earth domestic sensibilities, often with room for a mini homestead in the back.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
2 Dec. 2024
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The nearly 19,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style manse has nine bedrooms and 16 bathrooms.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
10 Jan. 2025
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About this other woman with all these identifying details—who finds her father hanging in the garage of the family manse—in Falcon’s Flight.—
Ayad Akhtar,
The Atlantic,
4 Dec. 2024
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Qualley is set to play a governess who is taking care of children in a remote gothic manor while hiding her psychopathic tendencies.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
20 Jan. 2025
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See which remarkable manors and estates have stood in for royal homes throughout history.—
Alex Apatoff,
People.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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Among the producers of Michael are co-executors of the Jackson estate John Branca and John McClain.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Murdoch is known to spend time at the estate, parts of which were scorched during the Skirball fire in 2017.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Couples in North America and South America prefer banquet halls, while those in Western Europe typically gravitate toward villas for their wedding reception.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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The original family villa stands in a secluded park on Traunstrasse 34.—
Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, contributor,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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This may be true, but what sane person would exchange the gleaming city at 3 a.m. for the farmhouse at 9 P.M., with all the exhausted hoers and threshers briefly asleep until the next dawn’s labor begins again?—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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The old farmhouse still stands but construction is all around — for factories, housing and a hotel.—
David Culver,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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This explains why so many millennials are still alone: they’re imprisoned in their own sky castles.—
Alex Baia,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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But its most famous residence is the French Renaissance Biltmore Estate, which was George Vanderbilt’s 250-room castle and is considered the largest home in America.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
17 Jan. 2025
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“McMansion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/McMansion. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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