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terrace

[ter-uhs] / ˈtɛr əs /


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His parents Yvonne and David Evans still live in the same "narrow" terrace house he grew up in IN Aberbargoed in the Rhymney Valley.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Residents of the 30-floor tower enjoy perks like a rooftop terrace with panoramic views, a pet wash, and a fitness center.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Afterward the party moved inside from the rooftop terrace for a performance by the Black Eyed Peas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Outside, tables spilled across a terrace and onto the sand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

We went down in the lift, not talking, and so out to the terrace, where the tables were laid for breakfast.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

The 61st floor, whose exterior features a tribute to the radiator caps of early Chrysler vehicles, is to be converted into a dining space with access to outdoor terraces.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

This is the view from downstream, looking up at the house and its welter of projecting terraces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

For generations, summer in Europe has been languid and dreamy, bringing fine weather and lengthy days on sunny beaches and terraces.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

“A resort-style pool, tranquil lily ponds, meandering pathways, shaded terraces, and a full-size tennis court create moments of both recreation and quiet reflection, where the sounds of nature replace the pace of everyday life.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Rice fields are carved into mountainsides in an elaborate series of terraces, or painstakingly constructed from marshland and river plains.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

The house itself serves as a time capsule of Old Hollywood glitz and glamour, with sprawling gardens and terraced lawns perched on 8.4 acres overlooking the Bel-Air Country Club.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

One side of the terraced row of houses on Llewellyn Street was demolished and replaced by the motorway, leaving the remaining side staring at either a huge concrete embankment or pillars propping up the M4.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

In a separate incident in Greenisland, Carrickfergus, the fire service dealt with a row of terraced houses, along with two oil tanks and a shed, on fire.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

As we climbed the terraced pools of the West Kill, I concentrated on keeping my cast short and precise until I caught my first brook trout, or “brookie.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

The steep, red sandstone sides were terraced halfway around into long flat shelves.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

It is believed changes include replacing seating in some areas of the ground with terracing, reducing press facilities and altering the hospitality layout as well as the plans for WiFi infrastructure.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024

A different report discussed terracing the river upstream from that spot — changing the sloped shape of the sides into steps, “and in those steps, you might insert areas for landscaping to grow,” Weintraub said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2024

In addition to constructing dams and irrigation systems, the people of this region collected water from flash floods and used terracing in hilly regions.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

The upper-tier will become outdoor terracing for new homes.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2022

Given Cahokia’s engineering expertise, though, solutions were within reach: terracing hillsides, diking rivers, even moving Cahokia.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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