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Recent Examples of curtilage
Within the curtilage is a hidden walled garden, and elsewhere on the property is an original workshop that has been restored.
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Mark David, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2024
The curtilage includes native sandstone boulder walls and a simple landscape of native and adaptive plants that enhance and preserve the woodland habitat.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
In legal parlance, curtilage refers to land attached to a house, like a yard or garden.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2019
The Supreme Court long has recognized that privacy interests are heightened within the home, with precedents that limit police intrusions not only into structures but also the immediately surrounding property, known as the curtilage.
—Jess Bravin, WSJ, 29 May 2018
Mark David, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2024
The curtilage includes native sandstone boulder walls and a simple landscape of native and adaptive plants that enhance and preserve the woodland habitat.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
In legal parlance, curtilage refers to land attached to a house, like a yard or garden.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2019
The Supreme Court long has recognized that privacy interests are heightened within the home, with precedents that limit police intrusions not only into structures but also the immediately surrounding property, known as the curtilage.
—Jess Bravin, WSJ, 29 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curtilage
Noun
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These layers will lead the eye upward and make a yard feel properly drenched in green. 5.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 May 2025
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At 27, Massey and another inmate broke out of a detention center in northern Louisiana in broad daylight by cutting and slipping under a chain-link fence in the exercise yard, Chief James Mardis of the Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s Office told CNN last week.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Owned and operated by the Herodion Hotel, this sophisticated abode features high ceilings, a leafy courtyard, and an alfresco dining space for entertaining.—
Helen Iatrou,
AFAR Media,
29 May 2025
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Baki’s tomb consists of a long, corridor-like courtyard followed by another courtyard leading to its main entrance.—
Rosa Rahimi,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
Noun
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These leaf enclosures become puckered and are easy to notice.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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By 1940, a glass enclosure was added to better protect the driver.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
Noun
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That can be achieved with stylish patio furniture finds, including seating options, dining sets, and sneaky storage solutions.—
Rachel Trujillo,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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Goldfish plants are grown as houseplants in most of the country, but in warm climates, such as USDA zones 10 and 11 (find your zone here), they can be grown outside on a porch or patio in a dappled shade area.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
28 May 2025
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Not private enough to give up federal funding, whether for student tuition fees, quadrangle rhododendrons, wind tunnels, or NMR Spectrometers.—
Amity Shlaes,
National Review,
28 Apr. 2025
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The quadrangle between the Temples of Jupiter and Bacchus had been filled with wooden tables and stalls selling wine and sfiha, a Bekaa specialty.—
Youmna Melhem Chamieh,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The accompanying video – well, better classified as all-encompassing graphics that sucked you into the visual vortex – of football fields and basketball courts pulled at the hearts of 17,000 people as Chesney sang of days gone by with his typical earnestness.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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The suite offers a main space, soft interview room, family grieving room, and comfort rooms offering victims a place to rest between court sessions or to meet with prosecutors.—
Amy Lavalley,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
Noun
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But planets aren't the only things to keep an eye out for as May comes to a close.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Johnson’s dilemma will be familiar to anyone who has observed higher education in this country during the harrowing academic year that is now coming to a close.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Curtilage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtilage. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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