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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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One lesson of the pandemic was that hotels and motels mobilized to house the unsheltered were successful in bringing people indoors who were otherwise reluctant to stay in congregate shelters or withstand involuntary hospitalizations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

An overflowing duffle bag of tennis balls sat by the front door, the only chaos in a tidy house.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The bed and pillows weren’t my favorite, but the rest of the house more than made up for it.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

One of the lead cast of the Mean Girls UK tour has said she has not left her house and is frightened following disorder in Belfast that has led to the show being cancelled.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The sky was turning dark, and the Legendary house band had come on.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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