How to Use McMansion in a Sentence
McMansion
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Now, homes that are considered large are smaller than those of the McMansion years.
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Mary Grace Granados
special Contributor,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Some already have the McMansion and use their RV as a workweek crash pad.
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Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
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When the kids flew the coop, the McMansion suddenly felt too big, and trading four bedrooms for one tidy bungalow made sense.
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Marisa Suzanne Martin,
The Spruce,
28 May 2026
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And while some Hamptonites complain that McMansions block the sunset, Farrell blames the trees.
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Rachel Corbett,
Curbed,
24 June 2026
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My favorite writer on this strange style is McMansion Hell’s Kate Wagner.
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James Folta,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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Dark, rich woods can set the tone of a cabin retreat or a basement hangout, a centuries-old library or a McMansion Tuscan kitchen, depending on how they’re used.
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Rachel Davies,
Architectural Digest,
15 Dec. 2025
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For years, would-be first-time homebuyers have complained about the skimpy inventory of starter homes, saying costly McMansion-style subdivisions are all that’s being built now.
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Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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Today, McMansions capitalize on this desire.
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Elizabeth Fazzare,
Architectural Digest,
17 Dec. 2025
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What generation filled the economy by building McMansions, buying Suburbans, having an RV and or a boat for the weekend.
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Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
24 Apr. 2026
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In a rare show of nonpartisan unity, the Senate passed a housing bill aimed at fighting the affordability crisis by a McMansion-sized margin of 85 to 5.
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Eleni N. Gage,
Architectural Digest,
24 June 2026
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When the focus shifts to Nate and Cassie, now engaged and living in a McMansion, the visuals are highly stylized, evoking the maximalist design of previous seasons.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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The McModern, another Wagner term, is the latest iteration of the McMansion.
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Elizabeth Fazzare,
Architectural Digest,
17 Dec. 2025
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Just as Gen Z is resurfacing the Tuscan Mom and McMansion aesthetics of the aughts, the harsh reality is that new homes are actually getting smaller and more expensive.
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Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
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McMansions are at least two stories—often more—with 10-plus foot high ceilings, columns, archways, and balconies drawing from Tuscan, Mediterranean, and Colonial Revival styles on the inside.
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Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano,
The Spruce,
31 Mar. 2026
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Gindi appears to have unloaded his Beaux-Arts-ish McMansion in an off-market deal to Victor Hakim, the founder and CEO of the Choice Home Warranty firm, according to city records and PincusCo, which first reported the transaction.
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Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
6 Nov. 2025
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