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Recent Examples of country house
The lawsuit was later dismissed; by then, Lowell was in Anápolis, Brazil, living with a New York ship captain named Leek Bowen in an eleven-room country house.
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Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
The actor, however, never imagined that their primary residence would be a country house in France.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
The show is set in 1925 and, in true Christie fashion, sees a country house party prank turn deadly.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
After Felix invites Oliver to his massive country house over the summer, Oliver’s obsession turns into a disturbing problem, not just for Felix but for his entire family.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
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Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
The actor, however, never imagined that their primary residence would be a country house in France.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
The show is set in 1925 and, in true Christie fashion, sees a country house party prank turn deadly.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
After Felix invites Oliver to his massive country house over the summer, Oliver’s obsession turns into a disturbing problem, not just for Felix but for his entire family.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for country house
Noun
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Arnault did not merely preserve a single great house after a founder’s passing — a feat rare enough in creative industries.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
23 Dec. 2025
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Vaccarello, shy and soft-spoken, has managed to reign at one of the great houses without becoming a household name or a glittering public personage in the manner of John Galliano or Marc Jacobs.—
Rob Haskell,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Violette briefly resurfaced in 2018 with a small solo show at Gladstone’s Upper East Side town house—an improbably tasteful site for an erstwhile rebel.—
Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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Any project involving multiple designers requires plenty of open conversation and some healthy design diplomacy, but all the more so in the case of a recent renovation to an Upper West Side town house.—
David Foxley,
Architectural Digest,
7 Jan. 2026
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The data is varied, including metrics like population, education, available housing and tree cover.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Feb. 2026
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The goal, advocates say, is to increase housing affordability — both for homeowners looking to build on their land and for renters seeking lower-cost options.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Country house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20house. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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