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dwelling

[dwel-ing] / ˈdwɛl ɪŋ /


NOUN
lingering over excessively
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The Carney homestead, located in the townland of Ayle, was a standard rural dwelling of the time: a thatched cottage with two windows in the front.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

Trudeau purchased the home from Nicolas Ruggieri, who is the leader of the real estate section at Batipart Invest, and had bought the dwelling in 2023 for $3.9 million.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

It’s thought that the dwelling initially served as Hoult’s primary California base—and he purchased it just a few weeks before welcoming his first child with wife Bryana Holly.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Her story covers the breadth of her life, dwelling especially on her youth in the 1930s among migrant fruit pickers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The woman drove them past downtown Atlanta, with its huge skyscrapers and gleaming gold-domed capitol building, to their new home, a two-bedroom dwelling in Clarkston’s Wyncrest Apartments.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John




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