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big house

[big hous] / ˈbɪg ˌhaʊs /


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We have a big house, so there isn’t urgent pressure to pitch things.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Sometimes you end up at this party in a big, big house, but it’s not your house.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

This is what is known in Thailand as "Baan Yai" – big house – politics, and across the country it is the way local power has always been managed.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

Why live in a big house when you can downsize in a state with a lower cost of living?

From MarketWatch Jan. 14, 2026

Beyond that tower, through a guava orchard Tía Mimi had planted, lived my grandparents, in a great big house we went to for Sunday dinners whenever they were home.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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