tract 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. 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 See all Example Sentences for tract house 
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Noun
  • There was also an old two-story ranch house of stucco with yellow trim.
    David Quammen, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
  • It had been assembled by hand, after all, not in a white-walled lab in Los Alamos, but in a small, vacant ranch house just a few miles away.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The development would have 250 single-family houses, 150 town houses and 250 apartments, as well as 30,000 square feet of commercial space and restaurants.
    John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The plan originally called for some 2,000 town houses and apartments and a potential hotel, and more recent iterations have also called for commercial space.
    JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Guests can also go a touch more casual at Ladd’s Tavern, in a new addition to the original manor house.
    Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Nearly two dozen mysterious markings have been discovered at a medieval manor house in Lincolnshire, England.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • In the photos, Hadid is sitting on a fence of horse pen at the eponymous ranch of the popular TV show wearing a blue V-neck sleeveless shirt with jeans and suede chaps.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • In her first episode, Hadid’s Sadie has a not-so-friendly run-in with Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly), and is later shown dressed in full Western gear, riding a horse during the auction at Yellowstone ranch.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Pink Shell Beach Resort and Marina Ft. Myers Beach, Florida The Pink Shell Beach Resort and Marina’s retro, muted pink exterior is a subtle nod to its humble beginnings as a small cottage in 1950.
    Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But when an unwelcome stranger interrupts Ramona’s first night in the Malibu cottage, the entire scheme could go up in flames.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024

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“Tract house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tract%20house. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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