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  • plural of house.
  • present tense form of house (3rd person singular).

houses



NOUN
business establishment
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NOUN
government body, sometimes elected, responsible for laws
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Consumers are also pulling back from buying houses and investing in heating products, Lindquist added.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"It doesn't make any sense that local people shouldn't be able to buy and live in these houses," said Richard Jones.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

A bill that gives the Angels incentives to revert to Anaheim in their name has cleared both houses of the state legislature.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

The test will lie in what happens to Dubai’s Iran-linked exchange houses, money-service businesses, trade companies and beneficial-ownership networks, as well as the movement of cash and high-value goods.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Little lopsided houses were scattered willy-nilly, and the only big building was the mill, which stood on the edge of a forest.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff



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