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cottage

[kot-ij] / ˈkɒt ɪdʒ /


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Esther and Nick Cochrane who run a self-catering holiday cottage business called Beside the Loch have noticed the uptick in visitors who say they have come here for lower more bearable temperatures.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

The team revived original furnishings and interior and exterior walls, while constructing a new ADA-compliant Victorian carpenter gothic cottage with stylish board and batten siding, modeled after a 19th-century Sears kit house.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

In the intervening years, however, a cottage industry of compounding pharmacies emerged, including Ro and Hims & Hers Health.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

A lucrative cottage industry has developed around this system.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Something crashed in a nearby cottage, and a man threw open the door and fled with a dozen mice squeaking at his heels.

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

Housing reforms that increase supply, such as allowing smaller lots in new subdivisions, permitting duplexes, townhomes, and backyard cottages on existing lots, and changing zoning laws to allow housing nearer to jobs, are land-use issues.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

It is known for its stone cottages, river views and access to popular trails to spots such as Aberglaslyn Pass.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

As well as the main building at Royal Lodge, there were another eight nearby properties, with Mountbatten-Windsor's lease allowing three of these cottages to be sub-let, which he did until April 2026.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

“Land” ends in the place where it began, but in a modern era with cottages turned into holiday homes.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

After that, the big ones started to fall: large-scale resorts, fly-in luxury cottages, and wilderness getaways for stressed businessmen and their foreign investors.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline




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