dwelling
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They have spurred some types of construction, including a boom of tiny homes called accessory dwelling units in California, but they have still left those states short of needed supply.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Instead of dwelling in those moments, Korda said she learned that there’s “a power in just letting go.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Pratt would expand on the mayor’s ED1 program by mandating a 60-day approval process for accessory dwelling units — smaller back houses on single-family lots.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Unlike so many retellings of famous assassinations, attempted or otherwise, Harron’s movie gets to the heart of its subject’s discontent without dwelling on dramatizations of Solanas’ fragile psyche.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
A morose cloud had settled around the man’s shoulders, and Emily didn’t know him well enough to understand if that was normal or due to his dwelling on Mr. Griswold.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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