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family room

NOUN
recreation room in a house
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“The front entry opens to the living room, immediately setting the stage with sophisticated architecture and soaring ceilings. The home includes a family room, formal dining room, and a sprawling kitchen,” the listing reads.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

The family room is the only space with a television, but with a mah-jongg table, the TV hardly seems necessary.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Lennar’s multigenerational models, called Next Gen, have a separate living space with a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, family room and entrance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

A family room features a wall covered with black-and-white headshots of movie stars, and a cloudlike light fixture floats above the marble and mirrored fireplace.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 15, 2025

Sherlock’s bed was moved from the kitchen into the family room, and at first it was hard because he wouldn’t leave my stump alone.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen




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