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house

[hous, houz] / haʊs, haʊz /


NOUN
business establishment
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NOUN
government body, sometimes elected, responsible for laws
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They are now sheltering in a school-turned-shelter housing around 500 displaced people.

From Barron's

But amid the war, the military has acknowledged that elections cannot happen in almost one in five lower house constituencies.

From Barron's

The documents digitized and reviewed by the Journal come from several units of the intelligence services that were housed in the Damascus security complex.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Because the issue was that, in the event of an emergency, we need to be able to get access to those houses and people.”

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Baldwin was captured alone in the village of Estry on 8 August that year, after taking cover from German fire in a disused house and being stunned by a nearby explosion.

From BBC