as in mansion
a large impressive residence
the sugar baron spared no expense in building a grand hacienda on his plantation near Cuernavaca
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Recent Examples of hacienda
The film, macabre and atmospheric from start to finish, relocates the classic folklore to an isolated hacienda in a Mexican village where a young woman has returned to bury her aunt.
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Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023
Bernal’s father, Pablo, 68, who co-owns the hacienda with several family members, also joined them, as did her two Italian greyhounds, Simón and Lucas.
—Jason Chen Paulina Fi Garduño, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022
Originally built in 1923 as stables for Edward Drummond Libbey, who made his fortune in glassware, the hacienda is one of the earliest works by Neff, best known as the designer of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks’s mansion, Pickfair.
—ELLE Decor, 18 Nov. 2022
Patron has its own made from agave grown on the grounds surrounding its hacienda, and Codigo 1530 recently launched its new high-end Estate Harvest Still Strength Blanco.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2022
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Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023
Bernal’s father, Pablo, 68, who co-owns the hacienda with several family members, also joined them, as did her two Italian greyhounds, Simón and Lucas.
—Jason Chen Paulina Fi Garduño, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022
Originally built in 1923 as stables for Edward Drummond Libbey, who made his fortune in glassware, the hacienda is one of the earliest works by Neff, best known as the designer of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks’s mansion, Pickfair.
—ELLE Decor, 18 Nov. 2022
Patron has its own made from agave grown on the grounds surrounding its hacienda, and Codigo 1530 recently launched its new high-end Estate Harvest Still Strength Blanco.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hacienda
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This week’s picks include a Park Slope two-bedroom with a pair of wood-burning fireplaces and a one-bedroom on Clinton Hill’s historic mansion row with a lovely triple-bay window.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
22 July 2025
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But as long as the world’s elite want gleaming sinks and grand columns in mansions and company headquarters — and as long as global industries use chemical fillers for things like concrete and toothpaste — the quarries are unlikely to close.—
Meara Sharma,
The Dial,
22 July 2025
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Contestants from Love Island USA Season 7 were also booted from the villa due to past racist remarks.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
31 July 2025
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The offering combines a private charter aboard the 235-foot superyacht Kogo with an immersive villa or mountain retreat in one of Ultima’s properties in the Mediterranean or the Alps.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
30 July 2025
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Rooms upstairs lean toward palatial, transporting you to what could easily be a countryside manor.—
Rooksana Hossenally,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Each character can be assigned to dig up the grounds of the manor, peer through its library stacks and even conduct dark rituals in its chapel.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Despite Trump’s attempts to distance himself from Epstein since the disgraced financier’s first conviction in 2008, the two were previously pictured together on numerous occasions—including at Trump’s 1993 wedding to Marla Maples and at his Mar-a-Lago estate.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
24 July 2025
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Yet there was some wrangling after Steiger’s death over his estate.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
24 July 2025
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The bulk of the action in The King Is Watching takes place on a small, 5x5 grid of squares representing your castle.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
1 Aug. 2025
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Hogwarts Castle houses Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, which hurls guests through the castle’s grounds and into the path of a dragon, acromantula (giant spiders like Aragog) and dementors.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
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On March 27, the palace announced that King Charles briefly hospitalized following an adverse reaction to his routine cancer treatment.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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The Duke and Duchess stepped back as senior royals, citing the unbearable intrusions of the British press and a lack of support from the palace.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
22 July 2025
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