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Recent Examples of tract house
But his idyllic Mayberry was now a construction yard surrounded by tract houses.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Most of the homes are tract houses, and many have taken on the personality of their owners with upgrades over the years.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
Depending on the location, the cost for a ranch tract house with a garage in the suburbs was within a middle-class family’s reach.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023
In a 1973 photograph of a tract house in Longmont, Colo., Adams shows us the rear of the structure and its patio, on which all the chairs but one face inward, toward the split-level home, as if the people who live here can’t bear to look out on the world their prosperity has destroyed.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 June 2022
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Most of the homes are tract houses, and many have taken on the personality of their owners with upgrades over the years.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
Depending on the location, the cost for a ranch tract house with a garage in the suburbs was within a middle-class family’s reach.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023
In a 1973 photograph of a tract house in Longmont, Colo., Adams shows us the rear of the structure and its patio, on which all the chairs but one face inward, toward the split-level home, as if the people who live here can’t bear to look out on the world their prosperity has destroyed.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tract house
Noun
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Denise’s family was out on a foothill in a large, modern ranch house.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Before the car accident, my mother and I used to take walks to Mr. Jasper’s yard down the block from our ranch house.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The first sign that this 19th-century residence is not your standard Pinterest archetype of a Brooklyn town house appears on the front door—a bespoke bronze knob that looks strangely like Globey from Pee-wee’s Playhouse.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
5 Sep. 2025
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De Menil purchased a town house on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and hired Gehry, then an unknown, to design it, but the pair fell out over his vision for the property.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Once a hallmark of manor houses and European estates, these richly detailed patterns are gracing homes with a newfound relevance and charm.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Sep. 2025
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Clement Virgo’s erotic, eerie thriller Steal Away tells the story of two young women — one Black, one white — who form a bond while trying to unravel the secret history of a stately manor house.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Victoria also plans to help Huntley revive the ranch's Christmas Holly-Day Dance.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
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At Five-Star Wynn Tower Suites, Four Sixes Ranch Steakhouse channels the heritage of the legendary Texas ranch owned by Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan.—
Melinda Sheckells,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Teach a New Room Old Tricks The blue-green ceilings throughout were inspired by ones in their former cottage’s kitchen.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
14 Sep. 2025
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In this horror-thriller, married musicians Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen move to an isolated Welsh cottage to record sounds for their new album — and find something sinister instead.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Tract house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tract%20house. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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