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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
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Production vehicles can park once while utilizing dissimilar looks; locations can jump from a Victorian home to a ranch house to a gritty industrial setting without a company move.—
Kathy A. McDonald,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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Originally built in 1959 as a modest ranch house, the property was transformed into a sleek architectural showpiece by David Kotzebue Architecture and builders Lowell and Jacquie Strauss of Amalfi West.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Developers previously stated that the development could include up to 400 town houses.—
Rose Evans
Updated May 6,
Idaho Statesman,
6 May 2026
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For years, a standard part of renovating a town house was bringing the basement kitchen up, to the former dining room, near the living room.—
The Editors of AD,
Architectural Digest,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The backstory This previously residential Edwardian manor house has been turned into a 31-room hotel and members’ club by former Blakes owner Navid Mirtorabi, with the help of business partner Jamie Reuben, a scion of a family that owns swathes of Mayfair.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 May 2026
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The protagonist is a darkly violent, possessive young man named Jacob Cullen, who works in a manor house.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
6 May 2026
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State and county authorities took possession of dozens of bison from a private ranch in northwestern Colorado on Saturday and expect to charge the owner with multiple counts of cruelty to animals.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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The images focus on ranch workers who actually still work, some on precision, horse-riding teams that continue to perform in rodeos that stick around year after year.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
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Since the 1920s, closeknit colonies of cottages and bungalows dotted every road in Sullivan and Ulster County.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
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Though trellises often take on a rustic or cottage feel, homes with a modern and contemporary aesthetic can get in on the trellis action, too.—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
21 May 2026
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“Tract house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tract%20house. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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