as in mansion
a large impressive residence
the old family manor has 117 rooms
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The homes include a limestone mansion on the bluffs, an 1890s Queen Anne estate, a Renaissance-esque bed and breakfast and an English manor with a catslide roof featured on Axios Twin Cities.
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Audrey Kennedy, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
Acquired in 2017 by Molly and Robert Hardie, co-chairs of the family investment company H7 Holdings, this grand manor reopened in 2021 following a multimillion-dollar renovation.
—Wanda Mann, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2024
Atkinson both sends up and deepens stock characters like the vicar, who here has lost his faith; a major who doesn’t feel cut out for civilian life; and the batty lady of the manor, who appears to have arrived via time machine from the Victorian era.
—Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024
Like Edward Scissorhands on his hilltop or Bruce Wayne in his manor, the Beetlejuice heroine Lydia Deetz (played by Winona Ryder) is an observer, holding herself at a remove with her photography and in denial about her discomfort with being excluded.
—Joshua Rivera, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
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Audrey Kennedy, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
Acquired in 2017 by Molly and Robert Hardie, co-chairs of the family investment company H7 Holdings, this grand manor reopened in 2021 following a multimillion-dollar renovation.
—Wanda Mann, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2024
Atkinson both sends up and deepens stock characters like the vicar, who here has lost his faith; a major who doesn’t feel cut out for civilian life; and the batty lady of the manor, who appears to have arrived via time machine from the Victorian era.
—Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024
Like Edward Scissorhands on his hilltop or Bruce Wayne in his manor, the Beetlejuice heroine Lydia Deetz (played by Winona Ryder) is an observer, holding herself at a remove with her photography and in denial about her discomfort with being excluded.
—Joshua Rivera, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
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And then will ride off to multimillion-dollar mansions never to think of them again.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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In addition to the Presidential race, control of the House, the Senate, and eleven governors’ mansions are up for grabs.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Set in a castle in the Middle Ages, the epic details a lord and his family living in a haunted mansion.Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2024
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In the scene her character Anna celebrates as her lonely castle reopens its doors for the first time in, well, forever.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
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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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After Prince’s death in 2016, Nelson and five half-siblings were named the rightful heirs to the musician’s estate (Prince had not left a will).Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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Two years ago, holdings of the estate valued at more than $150 million were split between a group representing some of the half-siblings and another group identified with Primary Wave publishing; Primary Wave had bought out Tyka Nelson’s interests some years earlier.Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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Or score this Breckenridge villa that sleeps 20 for $500+ a night.Emma Way, Axios, 2 Nov. 2024
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For example, the Marriott brand has 61 premium villa resorts in nine countries, while the Sheraton collection has nine premium villa resorts in seven U.S. destinations, and the Westin has 12 resorts across nine destinations.Kim Westerman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Mandela was raised alongside the royal family in the palace and attended a Methodist school.Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 4 Nov. 2024
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One ticket grants you access to five incredible sights in this historic palace built for the Farnese dukes: the National Gallery, the Farnese Theater, the Archeological Museum, the Palatine Library, and the Bodoni Museum, which is Italy’s first printing museum.Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Manor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manor. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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