semi

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of semi The sedan hit the rear of the northbound semi, which was turning left onto 32nd Avenue, and the sedan driver was pronounced dead at the scene, Aurora police said. Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2025 The Boise man driving the semi was transported to a local hospital, police said. Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 28 Jan. 2025 Among the companies in the race to produce that truck is Tesla, which has announced plans to begin high-volume production of its semi in late 2025. Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025 That, and the wind gusts that blew our way each time a semi roared by 30 feet behind us. Maya Silver, Outside Online, 11 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for semi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semi
Noun
  • Three of the six spaces here were the upper floors of duplexes on the 12th floor.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Tiny House Listings has been busy of late, recently completing a duplex tiny house and an extra-wide apartment-like model too.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The 1954 ranch house was a veritable museum of Rat Pack era décor, filled with fluffy, sparkly and fruit colored furnishings.
    Julie Lasky, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Advertisement California Will Rogers’ ranch house and motel owned by William Randolph Hearst consumed by Palisades fire Jan. 8, 2025 The rustic recording studio retreat is a visual icon of Los Angeles music history.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Many focused on how the development could increase traffic on an already busy thoroughfare and could alter the character of the neighborhood, though there are town houses next door to the property.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 13 Feb. 2025
  • From country retreats to waterfront town houses, the firm crafts gracious homes that are made for comfortable living and elegant entertaining.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The people on that ranch followed the teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, an Indian guru who emphasized, among other things, intense meditation and yoga sessions, intentional living, and free love practices that ultimately became problematic for many of the followers.
    Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Back at the Dutton ranch, Jacob and Jack (Darren Man) are assembling some sort of contraption that could pass for a torture tool.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • When the state bought the bungalows to preserve as a historic site, Wiley moved into an apartment in the Pacific Palisades.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The 11 bungalows are eclectic affairs, built from reclaimed wood and furnished with African art.
    Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Their family, unlike the families of most of Lilian’s schoolmates, lived not in an apartment building with central heating and running water but in a one-room cottage, which was no more than a shack.
    Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
  • That cottage as well as all the others come with discounts to the Cog Railway and some local theaters, as well as access to the pool and gym at the Mountain View Grand.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • General Electric fills those tract houses with appliances.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 4 June 2024
  • RuPaul was born in San Diego in 1960, the third of four children and the only boy, and brought up in a yellow three-bedroom tract house, one of four models in a housing development called Michelle Manor.
    Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • The company had intended to build 131 townhomes before re-evaluating the project’s finances and scrapping the plan.
    Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The plan is to build 365 detached homes and 134 townhomes.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Semi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semi. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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