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Things To Do At Burghley House The House Home of the Cecil dynasty for nearly 400 years, Burghley House is one of the largest and grandest surviving country houses of the 16th century.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
In classical Latin, villa referred to a country house or estate, typically owned by wealthy Romans.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Anne attended five prestigious private schools in succession: Walden, Lincoln, Todhunter and Dalton in Manhattan and Holmquist in Pennsylvania, near the family’s country house.
—Barry Singer, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2025
Scenes that would benefit from more time to play out; the final one, and another in which Greta and the bad boys run riot inside Isabell’s country house are assembled in an unsatisfying manner.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
In classical Latin, villa referred to a country house or estate, typically owned by wealthy Romans.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Anne attended five prestigious private schools in succession: Walden, Lincoln, Todhunter and Dalton in Manhattan and Holmquist in Pennsylvania, near the family’s country house.
—Barry Singer, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2025
Scenes that would benefit from more time to play out; the final one, and another in which Greta and the bad boys run riot inside Isabell’s country house are assembled in an unsatisfying manner.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for country house
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The space-witch order ostensibly provides trusted advisers to the ruling Emperor of the Corrino Empire and his Imperium’s aristocratic great houses, like House Atreides and House Harkonnen, but has secretly harbored long-gestating plans about who can and should rule.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2024
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Prophecy follows the formation of the Bene Gesserit, an order of women who become the puppet masters of the great houses of the Empire on Dune.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
19 Dec. 2024
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The campus would also include 220 town houses and apartments, a 125-room Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel, 20,000 square feet of retail space and a 640-stall parking garage.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
26 June 2025
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The Manhattan town house where an Italian man was allegedly tortured for weeks in an attempt to gain access to his bitcoin wallet is seen in New York City, May 29, 2025.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
30 May 2025
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About 70 structures have been destroyed in the blaze, the NPS said, including a visitor’s center, a gas station, an administrative building and employee housing, Grand Canyon park Superintendent Ed Keable told the Associated Press.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Flames from the Dragon Bravo Fire engulfed the lodge, visitor center, gas station, wastewater treatment plant, administrative offices, and employee housing, according to park Superintendent Ed Keable.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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“Country house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20house. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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