semi

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of semi In the second semi, the #2 & #3 seeds played to a dead heat after twelve matches, tied up 6-6, forcing a one game tiebreaker to determine the finalist. Todd Boss, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 The lone driver of that semi was removed with only minor injuries, according to Rice. Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024 My 28-year-old son was killed by a semi in a hit-and-run. Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024 The semi entered the median and overturned, causing a small fire to start. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for semi 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semi
Noun
  • Set on its own private island connected by a curved bridge, each duplex suite spans two floors with floor-to-ceiling windows showcasing views of the Arabian Gulf or Palm Jumeirah.
    Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The constable got into the duplex and found a man and woman dead inside.
    Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • There was also an old two-story ranch house of stucco with yellow trim.
    David Quammen, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
  • It had been assembled by hand, after all, not in a white-walled lab in Los Alamos, but in a small, vacant ranch house just a few miles away.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The development would have 250 single-family houses, 150 town houses and 250 apartments, as well as 30,000 square feet of commercial space and restaurants.
    John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The plan originally called for some 2,000 town houses and apartments and a potential hotel, and more recent iterations have also called for commercial space.
    JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In her first episode, Hadid’s Sadie has a not-so-friendly run-in with Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly), and is later shown dressed in full Western gear, riding a horse during the auction at Yellowstone ranch.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • In the photos, Hadid is sitting on a fence of horse pen at the eponymous ranch of the popular TV show wearing a blue V-neck sleeveless shirt with jeans and suede chaps.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Developed with environmentally friendly, biodegradable materials the bungalow is a stone's throw away from the incredible Pekoe Trail—one of Asia’s ‘best kept secrets’.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • By First Street’s calculations, the bungalow had a 10/10 flood risk rating: 50 percent chance of flooding in just one year; 99 percent chance in 15 years.
    Laura Thompson, Curbed, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Pink Shell Beach Resort and Marina Ft. Myers Beach, Florida The Pink Shell Beach Resort and Marina’s retro, muted pink exterior is a subtle nod to its humble beginnings as a small cottage in 1950.
    Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But when an unwelcome stranger interrupts Ramona’s first night in the Malibu cottage, the entire scheme could go up in flames.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • General Electric fills those tract houses with appliances.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 4 June 2024
  • RuPaul was born in San Diego in 1960, the third of four children and the only boy, and brought up in a yellow three-bedroom tract house, one of four models in a housing development called Michelle Manor.
    Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • Different locations will have differing rules, as do apartments, townhomes, and single-family residences.
    Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
  • By Faith Karimi | CNN Irene Silverman was suspicious of the lanky young man renting an apartment in her limestone townhome in New York City.
    CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024

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