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The three-bedroom, two-bath abode is listed for $1.6 million with Mason Canter at Keller Williams Realty Los Feliz.—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 June 2025 Fans got a glimpse of her cozy abode, including her tranquil green kitchen that garnered a lot of attention.—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 11 June 2025 Tiffin The big advantage of stepping outside the factory van box lies in creating a roomier interior space that lives more like a temporary abode, less like a motor vehicle.—New Atlas, 9 June 2025 Transform your abode into a home cinema by renting a projector and popcorn machine.—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for abode
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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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