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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
Noun
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There is one two-bedroom villa suite at Sandals St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which books up quickly.—
Eve Chen,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The villa has nine bedrooms, four bathrooms, a library, and lounges adorned with antique paintings and furnishings.—
Carissa & Dino Tozzi,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2025
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Image The Keep By Jennifer Egan This book has it all: castles, caves, childhood nightmares dragged back into the light.—
M.L. Rio,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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The cast and crew who assembled in the castle were subsequently said to have been totally accepting of the ghost of Lady Sophie, who haunts Amhuinnsuidhe.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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The mansion belongs to Jennifer, who’s surprised to find Fernando sleeping nude in her bed.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
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Last November, Herbie added to the batch of homes, reportedly spending $38 million on a 5,800-square-foot waterfront mansion in West Palm Beach.—
Kerry A. Dolan,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 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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But Tavitian, while a lover of fine wine, especially Burgundy, was not born to the manor.—
Ted Loos,
New York Times,
24 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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About 40 minutes outside of town is Pae Krung Kao Restaurant, a few miles from Ayutthaya, a palace dating to the 14th century and a model for Bangkok’s Grand Palace.—
Jordan Riefe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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The duty requires Dam-yi to distance herself from her humble upbringing outside of the palace.—
Kayti Burt,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Bleecker Street store, for example, is a town house that resembles a cottage.—
Lisa Lockwood,
WWD,
7 Feb. 2025
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Sanabria and Co The bedroom nook in this Logan Circle town house designed by Sanabria and Co is a master class in coziness, with a supple bouclé bed and an enveloping, botanical wall covering.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
5 Feb. 2025
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