as in ranch house
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Recent Examples of tract house
Depending on the location, the cost for a ranch tract house with a garage in the suburbs was within a middle-class family’s reach.
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Jeastman, oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023
In a 1973 photograph of a tract house in Longmont, Colo., Adams shows us the rear of the structure and its patio, on which all the chairs but one face inward, toward the split-level home, as if the people who live here can’t bear to look out on the world their prosperity has destroyed.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 June 2022
Set in a dark, cluttered space — the tract house where hermetic Charlie’s soul unfolds — The Whale feels as contrived as a stage play.
—Armond White, National Review, 15 Mar. 2023
They’re built closer together than the typical tract house to make the neighborhood more walkable, most with no yards to speak of, but plenty of pocket parks — a boon to busy production workers.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 11 Mar. 2022
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Jeastman, oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023
In a 1973 photograph of a tract house in Longmont, Colo., Adams shows us the rear of the structure and its patio, on which all the chairs but one face inward, toward the split-level home, as if the people who live here can’t bear to look out on the world their prosperity has destroyed.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 June 2022
Set in a dark, cluttered space — the tract house where hermetic Charlie’s soul unfolds — The Whale feels as contrived as a stage play.
—Armond White, National Review, 15 Mar. 2023
They’re built closer together than the typical tract house to make the neighborhood more walkable, most with no yards to speak of, but plenty of pocket parks — a boon to busy production workers.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 11 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tract house
Noun
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More recently, the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County claimed most of Topanga State Park and Will Rogers State Historic Park, including Will Rogers’ original ranch house.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Mar. 2025
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There’s the 4,000-square-foot ranch house, which Himovitz renovated, with three bedrooms and three baths.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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The show is structured as a manor house murder mystery and wears its influences on its sleeve.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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It was once owned by The Crown following the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539 by King Henry VIII—later transforming into the five-star manor house hotel that stands today with ornate tapestries, Tudor beamed walls, cozy firelit lounges, medieval chandeliers, and original stone archways.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Mary would be working at the Denver Federal Center, a six-hundred-and-twenty-three-acre campus that was originally a livestock ranch and hosted an ordnance plant during the Second World War.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
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Many want Altadena to remain the same quirky enclave that attracted artists’ studios, small horse ranches and mom-and-pop stores.—
Iris Kim,
NBC news,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Homeowners Katie and Jared Hyatt fondly named their 1866 cottage on Main Street in Madison, Georgia, ‘The Few House’.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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And what of the fact that Snow White, abandoned in the woods (where the Huntsman is too kindhearted to carry out the Evil Queen’s order to murder her), comes upon a cottage where seven cute, quarrelsome 249-year-old short men with Amish beards live in bachelor squalor and become her protectors?—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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