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terrace

[ter-uhs] / ˈtɛr əs /


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Upstairs, the primary suite offers a peaceful retreat complete with a wood-burning fireplace and access to a private covered terrace.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

The advanced terrace system made the Aztecs self-sufficient in food, he says, “allowing them to create their empire.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The Barbican's distinctive brutalist foyers and lakeside terrace will also be developed to protect the heritage of the building.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

I step off the restaurant’s orderly little terrace and make a slow serpentine path past makeshift dinner parties.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Entering the sparkling city of Budapest, Fischer checked into one of the most romantic and elegant hotels in the city, the Gellért, right on the Danube, and had lunch on the terrace.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Gazza's baggy Roman shellsuit, John Charles plundering black-and-white goals in Turin, King Kev's floodlit perm dazzling Volksparkstadion terraces, Glenn Hoddle's minuscule Monegasque shorts.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Here the airborne concrete terraces above were anchored to the earth, reconciling the products of the machine with nature, making Fallingwater the definitive example of what Wright called his “organic architecture.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

There are also three docks, a pool, and terraces surrounding the property.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

"Roberto is a man of the terraces, a man of the people: straightforward, loyal and authentic," adds Lamrani.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Ghiscari faces were visible on the terraces, looking down with cool and unsympathetic eyes.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The house itself serves as a time capsule of Old Hollywood glitz and glamour, with sprawling gardens and terraced lawns perched on 8.4 acres overlooking the Bel-Air Country Club.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

In a separate incident in Greenisland, Carrickfergus, the fire service dealt with a row of terraced houses, along with two oil tanks and a shed, on fire.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

As we climbed the terraced pools of the West Kill, I concentrated on keeping my cast short and precise until I caught my first brook trout, or “brookie.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Oren Brown, 27, usually works in a dedicated office room but says his terraced house in County Durham is "horribly stifling upstairs".

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

But as an aspiring architect, she couldn’t help admiring the terraced gardens, the fountains and temples, the winding cobblestone streets and gleaming white villas.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

It is believed changes include replacing seating in some areas of the ground with terracing, reducing press facilities and altering the hospitality layout as well as the plans for WiFi infrastructure.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024

“We knew we’d have to do a bit of terracing and retaining, but California is what it is,” Tenney said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2023

A unique feature of their farming was a method of terracing the hillsides on the southern slopes of the large sandstone plateau to prevent soil erosion.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

The upper-tier will become outdoor terracing for new homes.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2022

Given Cahokia’s engineering expertise, though, solutions were within reach: terracing hillsides, diking rivers, even moving Cahokia.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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