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  • present tense form of house (3rd person singular).
  • plural of house.

houses



NOUN
business establishment
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NOUN
government body, sometimes elected, responsible for laws
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"We're being given warnings that in the coming months they'll destroy the rest of the houses," says local activist Fakhri Abu Diab.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The prison is designed to hold more than 3,000 individuals and it currently houses low- and medium-security inmates, according to the CDCR.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Records show there were 94 houses made of three streets - High Street, Chapel Road and Lawrence Terrace.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Boarding houses were founded to shelter young people, primarily women, arriving alone to work in New York City.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Chip’s darting eyes took in the houses on either side of Jonah’s.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix



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