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a large impressive residence
if I ever win the lottery, I'm going to buy a mansion in the hills
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Recent Examples of mansions
Tracking shots through vast mansions, majestic overhead shots of the stag hunt and water lapping at the camera lens as a French galley slowly sinks into the ocean serve to immerse the audience in the film’s 19th century European world.
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Scott Phillips, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Montgomery officials say the need for such assistance is pervasive, even in one of the Washington region’s wealthiest counties, where large mansions and pristine golf courses are a short drive away from neighborhoods where going to a food shelter is a regular routine.
—Katie Shepherd, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
Its faded and dusty mansions are spangled with Italian marble floors, Mudéjar ceilings, and the fanciest European furniture of the day, now wracked by termites.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
In addition, sources told the outlet that the actual ceremony was slated to take place on Kevin Costner’s sprawling 160-acre estate and individual private mansions would be rented out for guests to stay.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
Aging mansions, castles, stagecoaches, distraught women in nightgowns, and a madman in an asylum are all present and accounted for.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Rhode Island Various Newport mansions, including The Breakers, Marble House and The Elms, are adorned with decorative trees within their interiors.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
The bunker, according to Wired, is 5,000 square feet and is connected to the two mansions by tunnel.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Families who had given their sons and their future to the regime survived on bread and tea while Assad’s inner circle and other high officials flaunted their wealth on Instagram—luxury cars, seaside mansions, extravagant weddings.
—Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
Scott Phillips, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Montgomery officials say the need for such assistance is pervasive, even in one of the Washington region’s wealthiest counties, where large mansions and pristine golf courses are a short drive away from neighborhoods where going to a food shelter is a regular routine.
—Katie Shepherd, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
Its faded and dusty mansions are spangled with Italian marble floors, Mudéjar ceilings, and the fanciest European furniture of the day, now wracked by termites.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
In addition, sources told the outlet that the actual ceremony was slated to take place on Kevin Costner’s sprawling 160-acre estate and individual private mansions would be rented out for guests to stay.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
Aging mansions, castles, stagecoaches, distraught women in nightgowns, and a madman in an asylum are all present and accounted for.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Rhode Island Various Newport mansions, including The Breakers, Marble House and The Elms, are adorned with decorative trees within their interiors.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
The bunker, according to Wired, is 5,000 square feet and is connected to the two mansions by tunnel.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Families who had given their sons and their future to the regime survived on bread and tea while Assad’s inner circle and other high officials flaunted their wealth on Instagram—luxury cars, seaside mansions, extravagant weddings.
—Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mansions
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The eco-friendly bungalow, enveloped by lush tea estates, has been restored to its former glory by a collaboration between Uga and renowned Sri Lankan architect Channa Daswatte.Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Yet by the mid to late 18th century, early Americans began to embrace upholstered furniture, silk window treatments, and elaborate wallpapers, ranging from damasks and chinoiseries to large-scale, non-repeating murals like those seen at the Schuyler and Van Rensselaer estates in New York.Cornelia Powers, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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Crusader castles like Tibnin's, Ottoman architecture, Roman and Phoenician ruins.Lauren Frayer, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
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The book’s long-story-by-the-fire quality, combined with its fairy-tale deployment of castles, unfair punishments, and the thrumming, powerful natural world, evokes the most affecting children’s literature.Amanda Parrish Morgan, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
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Though the villas weren’t designed based on ADA requirements, the staff is incredibly accommodating and their focus on guest comfort is apparent.Megan Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
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This 400-acre property in the exclusive North Sound is villas and vacation homes first by design, giving it a low-density, community-style feel that offers visitors supreme seclusion.Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Mansions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mansions. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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