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Grasping at any hope, she’s asked devoted widower father Jake (John Adams) to drive her to this mystery woman’s abode in the Catskills, where a supernatural healing of some sort may or may not take place.—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2025 Just this week, Cary Grant’s former abode was listed for $78 million, and Paris Hilton plopped down $63 million to buy Mark Wahlberg’s massive estate last month.—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 July 2025 The Emmy nominee and her husband, The One I Love director Charlie McDowell, have offloaded their midcentury modern Pasadena abode for $6.13 million, according to Mansion Global.—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2025 Gothic revival This 10-bedroom, Gothic Revival-style abode in St. Matthews was built in 1853 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 17 July 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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