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The 6,361-square-foot abode set atop its nearly half an acre lot, however, was completed in 2023.—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2025 One lucky group of four guests had the chance to win a stay at the McCallister abode for a night for the ultimate holiday trip.—Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025 The peaceful abode came with a whopping five sets of floor-to-ceiling double windows, overlooking the baroque Church of San Pietro Celestino and the hotel’s interior courtyard.—Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2025 Built by Kenzo in 1993 and redesigned in 2018 by architect Kengo Kuma & Associates, it has long been reputed as one of the French capital’s most stylish and surprising abodes.—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abode
Word History
Etymology
Middle English abade, abode, from bade, bode "stay, delay" (going back to Old English bād "expectation, period of waiting," probably going back to Germanic *baiđ-, noun derivative from the base of *bīđ- "wait, bide") crossed with abiden "to abide"
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