houses 1 of 2

noun

Definition of housesnext
plural of house
1
as in companies
a commercial or industrial activity or organization a publishing house that specializes in school textbooks

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2
as in families
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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3
as in residences
the place where one lives come over to my house so I can show you my new furniture

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as in households
those who live as a family in one house the whole house is in a state of excited anticipation for the holidays

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as in nests
the shelter or resting place of a wild animal prairie dogs make their house underground

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houses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of house
1
as in shelters
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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2
as in confines
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for houses
  1. families
  2. residences
  3. households
  4. nests
  5. tribes
  6. surrounds
  7. businesses
  8. clans
Noun
  • Last month, the Onion gleefully revealed its winning bid for Infowars, which was sued into bankruptcy (as was Jones) after the families of victims in the Sandy Hook mass shooting in Connecticut won a judgment in 2022 against Jones in a defamation suit.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In a subsequent court filing, Murray said the Onion’s bid was valued at $7 million when factoring in the backing of the Sandy Hook families.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of families
Noun
  • Many firms will now increase corporate security personnel at offices and residences, deploy enhanced mail screening and focus on public events executives are attending, said Fred Burton, executive director of protective intelligence at Ontic.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Ironically, the geometric slabs she’s stopped at to admire are a cluster of the Barbican’s residences, built to be rented out by the council but now privately owned and notoriously expensive.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of residences
Noun
  • As the creators of countless moments of joy and the backbone of their households, moms give selflessly every day.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Using that data, the group ranked the nation’s top worst cities for package theft in 2024, starting with New York City, which saw about $1 billion in losses and about 60 percent of households targeted by porch pirates last year.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of households
Noun
  • The vintage floral design adds charm, and each piece nests into the baking sheet for easy storage.
    Shea Simmons, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Birds, for example, are known to use plastic in their nests, exposing themselves and their offspring to toxins.
    David Carlin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of nests
Noun
  • The tribes and Lower Basin states are continuing to wrestle with a consensus, but time is running out for this session, the Navajo delegation pointed out.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
  • We were meant to be in little tribes, and our survival depended on our tribe being well off.
    Liz Kislik, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of tribes
Verb
  • The forest surrounds the prairie and offers protection.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The energy, lights and buzz of Times Square surrounds you (as does the chance to pile up more Hilton Honors points with this package).
    Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of surrounds
Noun
  • For businesses in the exploratory stage, the critical ones boil down to location and logistics.
    Tracy Price, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In some cases, businesses were put into the policies through shell companies formed specifically for the PPLI transaction.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of businesses
Noun
  • Any recognition of Somaliland as an independent state will result in dangerous repercussions, including exacerbating internal divisions between the various clans of Somaliland that support independence and others that seek to remain within the Somali federal state.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement California wildlife officials are poised to decide whether to designate six isolated clans of pumas as endangered or threatened species under state law.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of clans
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