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as in company
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
a publishing house that specializes in school textbooks
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as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
the present British royal family belongs to the House of Windsor
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as in residence
the place where one lives
come over to my house so I can show you my new furniture
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as in to lodge
to provide with living quarters or shelter
some of the freshmen were temporarily housed in local motels while the new dorm was being finished
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as in to closet
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
the famous document is housed in a special display case
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Recent Examples of house
Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Learn more about The Goonies house and many other iconic houses in film history in The House From... on Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort Channel on Fubo and other TVOD platforms.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
One is housed at the National Museum of American History: relics and masks from Puerto Rican collector Teodoro Vidal.
—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Noun
One strike hit a house in the Tufah neighborhood in Gaza City, killing two children and their parents, according to the Health Ministry’s emergency service.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Learn more about The Goonies house and many other iconic houses in film history in The House From... on Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort Channel on Fubo and other TVOD platforms.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
But as the tribe grew, so did its need to house its expanding population.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
One is housed at the National Museum of American History: relics and masks from Puerto Rican collector Teodoro Vidal.
—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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England and Gage said this money changed the company’s outlook and led to its demise.Max Scheinblum, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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The amendment also does away with a provision that limits the exemption to companies with no more than $100,000 in gross receipts and applies the exemption to all grant amounts instead of just the first $1 million received.Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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These words, if left unchallenged, can become actions that lead to torn families and broken communities.Josh Becker, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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One Navy veteran will also receive a traditional burial at sea, and additional urns will be reunited with family in Rhode Island, New York, and Maine.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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These residences offer direct elevator entry, views of Central Park and the city skyline, and generous walk-in closets in the primary suites.Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Secret Service has also erected fencing around the U.S. Capitol, the White House and Kamala Harris' residence in D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the police department is also stepping up its presence in commercial districts in all eight wards of the city.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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And then more broadly, changing public-housing and housing-choice-voucher rules in order to punish households where immigrants reside.Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Nov. 2024
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The filing also details various financial agreements, including a credit facility agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JPM) Vital Farms continues to focus on expanding its product offerings and increasing household penetration in the retail and foodservice channels.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
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Granite can be of various colors, dotted with the black mica nests.David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The ways dinosaurs grew up, reproduced and made nests used to be treated as mysteries, Manias notes, but now can be presented in detail.Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Catherine and Stephen are playing things out together, from her first message left on his answering machine to her open-handed message lodged on his left cheek.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Nov. 2024
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Hispanic woman, 19, shot in upper back, lodged in the cheek 9.Paradise Afshar, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Van’s mom drinks, Taissa’s outward calm conceals a well of subconscious rage, and the two of them are also, by all appearances, still closeted.Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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Upgrade your wardrobe with these 35 fall fashion finds that are inspired by our favorite celebrities closets.Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
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The applicant for the rezoning of the 1.05-acre property at 303 S. Promenade Blvd. was Swope Consulting LLC, a civil engineering and land surveying firm.Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Hudson Rock adds that the hacker apparently stole the data by uncovering the login credentials for the Hot Topic database after a third-party retail analytics firm, Robling, was infected with malware.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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“House.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/house. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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