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Recent Examples of great house
His legend has been honed in building, rebuilding, Europe’s great houses.
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Rory Smith, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
There’s a certain political commentary here, too, about who’s allowed to rule the great houses of Dune, what roles women are confined to, and how the Bene Gesserit turn women’s social limitations and underestimations to their advantage.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
The Bene Gesserit are, uh, geneticists These space witches are running a gigantic, generations-long breeding program to guide all the great houses and eventually put the perfect person, or Kwisatz Haderach, on the Imperium throne and under their control.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
The two great houses of organized crime in Gotham lie in rubble.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
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Rory Smith, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
There’s a certain political commentary here, too, about who’s allowed to rule the great houses of Dune, what roles women are confined to, and how the Bene Gesserit turn women’s social limitations and underestimations to their advantage.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
The Bene Gesserit are, uh, geneticists These space witches are running a gigantic, generations-long breeding program to guide all the great houses and eventually put the perfect person, or Kwisatz Haderach, on the Imperium throne and under their control.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
The two great houses of organized crime in Gotham lie in rubble.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great house
Noun
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However, the variety of architecture within the famed eastern Long Island towns actually ranges from English Country manor houses and Neoclassical mansions to Colonial Revival estates and sleek contemporary dwellings.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
27 Jan. 2025
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Live out your Pride and Prejudice dreams in Derbyshire Several historic manor houses and estates across Derbyshire and the Peak District served as the sets for both the 1995 BBC television adaptation and the 2005 film adaptation of Austen’s most famous novel, Pride and Prejudice.—
Cat Sposato,
AFAR Media,
17 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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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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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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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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The same area saw a devastating blaze in 2017, when the Skirball fire burned 475 acres and destroyed multiple mansions, including one owned by Rupert Murdoch.—
Mike Ives,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The film, macabre and atmospheric from start to finish, relocates the classic folklore to an isolated hacienda in a Mexican village where a young woman has returned to bury her aunt.—
DeAnna Janes,
Harper's BAZAAR,
28 Aug. 2023
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She was born on May 29, 1917 and grew up in a hacienda in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.—
Natalia Torija Nieto,
ELLE Decor,
28 Sep. 2022
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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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Historic museums set within ornate palazzos occupy much of the city, such as Palazzo Madama, Turin’s municipal museum of ancient art, and Palazzo Reale di Torino, a 16th-century palace built for the House of Savoy.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2025
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According to Hello!, the palace deleted its initial post on X on Oct. 1 because of a minor typo.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Some introductory events were held at the Foundation’s town house, which holds much of Foster’s archive of drawings, sketchbooks, and models.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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In a 1999 interview with WWD about the debut of another one of his Mercer Street eateries, Canteen, McDonald recalled what Eileen Ford told him as a 16-year-old, during a visit to her Manhattan town house.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Great house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20house. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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