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  • plural of house.
  • present tense form of house (3rd person singular).

houses



NOUN
business establishment
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NOUN
government body, sometimes elected, responsible for laws
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In other words, people are still paying high prices for houses, even if those prices are no longer jumping by as much.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

He said the tunnels "go in parallel to one another under the houses of the Brackla Hillside, the housing estate".

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

The houses and buildings belonged to U.S. citizens, who had emigrated to Dearborn, Mich., which together with neighboring Dearborn Heights is home to the largest Lebanese-American population in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

At 6:45 am, he would have been picking up a last crew member before heading to North Houston to build houses.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

I crept through trees and huddled behind rocks, away from roads and paths where soldiers were going in and out of houses.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff



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