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as in company
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
a publishing house that specializes in school textbooks
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as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
the present British royal family belongs to the House of Windsor
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as in residence
the place where one lives
come over to my house so I can show you my new furniture
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as in to lodge
to provide with living quarters or shelter
some of the freshmen were temporarily housed in local motels while the new dorm was being finished
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as in to closet
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
the famous document is housed in a special display case
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Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 26 Oct. 2024
Emhoff and Harris’ house, which was bought in 2012, has since ballooned in value from $1 million to $4.4 million as of 2021, per Forbes.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
Caroline Reid, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The Basile facility quarantined the dorm where the Chinese migrant was housed and conducted tests of the detainees in that dorm for drug-resistant tuberculosis.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
However, prosecutors filed still shots from security footage showing his son's blue truck leaving the front of the house around 8:30 a.m. and arriving at his girlfriend's home in Morehead more than an hour later.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 26 Oct. 2024
Emhoff and Harris’ house, which was bought in 2012, has since ballooned in value from $1 million to $4.4 million as of 2021, per Forbes.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
Verb
Until 2022 the building housed the ESPN Club which was a paradise for sports fans.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The Basile facility quarantined the dorm where the Chinese migrant was housed and conducted tests of the detainees in that dorm for drug-resistant tuberculosis.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
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“House.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/house. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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