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Recent Examples of McMansion
Most of the new development in recent years was limited to razing an old Cape Cod-style home and replacing it with a larger, more expensive McMansion.
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Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 18 Oct. 2024
Ferrer bought a brand-new Texas McMansion, put it in his wife’s name, and poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into renovations.
—Christine Biederman, WIRED, 18 June 2019
There's a recurring subplot about a mustard-yellow McMansion recently built — against code — next to Yancy's quaint beachside bungalow.
—Jeff Weiner, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
Ortiz delivers an amusing, deadpan frustration as Yancy’s straight-man foil, and Alex Moffat (SNL) is pitch-perfect smarmy as Evan Shook, a realtor desperately trying to sell a hideous McMansion next to Yancy’s house.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
During a 2006 earnings call with Bob Toll, then–chief executive of McMansion builder Toll Brothers, Toll said things were getting better, and maybe the housing market had bottomed.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 30 July 2024
Many young people today would rather protect their well-being than compete their way up the corporate ladder only to not be able to afford the McMansion their parents bought for a fraction of the price.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2024
Other residents organized to support affordable housing initiatives in the city known for tearing down ranch-style homes to make way for McMansions.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2024
Despite its title, the Court was a beige, bland, modern construction with all the Arthurian grandeur of a McMansion.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 18 Oct. 2024
Ferrer bought a brand-new Texas McMansion, put it in his wife’s name, and poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into renovations.
—Christine Biederman, WIRED, 18 June 2019
There's a recurring subplot about a mustard-yellow McMansion recently built — against code — next to Yancy's quaint beachside bungalow.
—Jeff Weiner, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
Ortiz delivers an amusing, deadpan frustration as Yancy’s straight-man foil, and Alex Moffat (SNL) is pitch-perfect smarmy as Evan Shook, a realtor desperately trying to sell a hideous McMansion next to Yancy’s house.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
During a 2006 earnings call with Bob Toll, then–chief executive of McMansion builder Toll Brothers, Toll said things were getting better, and maybe the housing market had bottomed.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 30 July 2024
Many young people today would rather protect their well-being than compete their way up the corporate ladder only to not be able to afford the McMansion their parents bought for a fraction of the price.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2024
Other residents organized to support affordable housing initiatives in the city known for tearing down ranch-style homes to make way for McMansions.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2024
Despite its title, the Court was a beige, bland, modern construction with all the Arthurian grandeur of a McMansion.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for McMansion
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Housed in a grand Southern mansion, you’ll be wowed by the restaurant’s exterior and continue to be awed by the rich ruby and gold interiors.Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
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The two spoke about his extensive journey from peanut farmer to submariner; from the Governor’s mansion to the White House, and back home to Plains.Sally Susman, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
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Goodman’s animated narration is paired with evocative music and soundscapes that enliven descriptions of modest homesteads; with these flourishes, information as seemingly banal as the evolution of dishwashing becomes mesmerizing.Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Undeveloped public lands stretched upward to the mountain peaks on the south, a personal hiking haven rising from the sparse homesteads.Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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About this other woman with all these identifying details—who finds her father hanging in the garage of the family manse—in Falcon’s Flight.Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
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Other amenities in Ye’s manse include a resort-style waterfall pool, along with another pool for swimming laps, a pool house, and a luxe gazebo.India Roby, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
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There, a young real-estate agent named Thomas Hutter (played by Nicholas Hoult) is dispatched by his boss, Herr Knock (Simon McBurney), to a castle in Transylvania, to conclude the sale of a decrepit manor in Wisburg to the mysterious, reclusive Count Orlok.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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The name feels supremely fitting for the location, a colorful Caribbean manor on a hilltop where guests can dine on a breezy patio overlooking the bay.Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
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According to the estate, the purchase happened 30 years ago.Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Jan. 2025
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From an opening scene on the high seas as a French merchant ship is aflame to a stag hunt on an aristocratic estate to a pistol duel at dawn, the writer-directors capture the scope and grandeur of Dumas’ story.Scott Phillips, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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These people are caged—not in their homes, and not in the underground cells of Venezuela’s notorious prisons, but in a gated villa shaded by palm trees.Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
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Two new luxe resorts have premiered this season — The Strand, with its own boat, and South Bank from Grace Bay Resorts — villas surrounded by water on all sides, serviced by a boat concierge for yacht owners, or guests who just want to take an excursion.Beth Landman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
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Locations include a villa in the South of France, a farmhouse in Tuscany, a flat in the French Alps, and a townhouse in Mallorca.Caroline Tell, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Witty described Thompson as an Iowa native, who worked farm jobs as a kid, was raised in the same farmhouse as his mother and whose father spent more than 40 years unloading trucks at grain elevators.Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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In late September, when Israel invaded Lebanon in pursuit of Hezbollah militants, the region around the castle of Tibnin (also called Toron) came under heavy bombardment.Lauren Frayer, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
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Perched on top of the cake were figures of Disney princesses Cinderella, Belle from Beauty and the Beast and Sleeping Beauty in front of a circle topper behind with the outline of Sleeping Beauty’s castle painted on it.Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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“McMansion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/McMansion. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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