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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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"I can't lay my eyes on my favourite place at home, on some elements of my house, a vase, a view from my window," he said.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

As brands go through creative directors like tissues, the connection to what made a house beloved seems to get fainter and fainter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

They are a group so tightly bound together that this latest fiasco could bring the whole house down.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

In Carmichael, we lived in a tract house in a nice neighborhood, but we were the only Black kids in town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

But it’s too late now—the Uber pulls up to the old man’s house.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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