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house

[hous, houz] / haʊs, haʊz /


NOUN
business establishment
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NOUN
government body, sometimes elected, responsible for laws
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He said he met Muhamadi in 2022 when the latter worked at another shop in the area and they became friends and lived in the same house.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

We are pretty far from any town so we will be eating all of our meals at the house.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The hotel is largely the creation of Frank Miller, who bought Glenwood Cottage, a modest boarding house, from his father in 1880.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Lee recounts a rigmarole of joys and traumas—a trip to the circus, a bad breakup, a house fire—which all fail to leave much of an impression.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

He was eventually moved to a ramshackle house on a muddy dead-end road.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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