cohousing

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Recent Examples of cohousing Some people live on their own, while others opt for cohousing. Ryan Kellman, NPR, 10 June 2025 Today, a variety of retirement homes geared toward them exists around the U.S. A cohousing complex with 28 single-story homes stands in Durham, North Carolina. Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2025 The barrier to entry to build a cohousing development can be high, as this kind of new construction is subject to the same market dynamics as any new building. Katia Riddle, NPR, 1 Dec. 2024 Now aged 68 and 72, the two are living together again in Heartwood Commons, a cohousing community in Oklahoma. David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024 The Happy Home Shared by 26 Women (Anita Chaudhuri, The Guardian, August 2023) New Ground, the UK’s first cohousing community solely for women over the age of 50, is a testament to endurance. Christine Ro, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2024 For those wanting their own space, but seeking the benefits of community and camaraderie, cohousing is a viable alternative. Jamie Gold, Forbes, 19 July 2022 Spevak, who owns Orange Splot, which designs and builds cohousing and other small communities, spoke of the mismatch between houses and resident needs. oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2021 Despite this affinity and more than a decade of work, the root system of North American Jewish cohousing remains shallow. Rachelle Stein-Wotten, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohousing
Noun
  • From the Miami Surfside condo collapse to the destructive fires in Maui and Los Angeles and countless floods and tornadoes, these days the steady drumbeat of disasters has been relentless, Hymel said.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 19 July 2025
  • In Florida, the situation is even more volatile, not least because the local insurance crisis, exacerbated by the Surfside condo collapse and increasing climate risk, has led to eye-popping premiums.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • West Metro Fire Rescue crews and Lakewood police responded to the 1700 block of Cody Street at 7:15 p.m. after several people called 911 about a fire at a duplex, the agencies said Saturday.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 12 July 2025
  • Medical personnel attempted to treat her injuries, but she was pronounced dead at 9:50 a.m. The landlord, who lived in the upper unit of the duplex, told police that his assailant had entered the unit by force before shooting him several times.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The 53-year-old doctor, who owns Treasure Coast Eye Specialist in Stuart, owed her $285,000 and had to cede the Lake Worth Beach condominium to Sciarrone as part of the settlement, his arrest warrant detailed.
    Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 22 July 2025
  • The condominium was built in 1907 and has a living area of 715 square feet.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • You are not designed for speed, efficiency, and convenience.
    Pia Lauritzen, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
  • Elsewhere The Langham engages in several meaningful efficiency efforts, including the use of low-wattage LED lighting; linen reuse for guests who opt out of daily refreshes; low-flow water fixtures; and various recycling efforts, including a program for fryer oil.
    Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • The studio, not far from Henraux’s showroom, is filled with sleek, abstract, and often monumental works that show in galleries, museums, offices, and sculpture parks.
    Meara Sharma, The Dial, 22 July 2025
  • Instead, film studio head Adam Fogelson will take a more active role in the department with the existing leadership, according to a company insider.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Another one of her rental listings, also a floor-through but configured as a three-bed, two-bath, rented to the first people who saw it.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 8 May 2025
  • Two floor-through units on the third and fourth floors sat above an owner’s duplex with bedrooms at the garden level and living spaces on the parlor floor.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The result tees up a vote today by the full City Council, when aldermen could give a green light clearing the way for new garden apartments, attic-to-housing conversions and coach housing.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
  • Adding to the home’s flexibility, whether for extended family or live-in staff, there’s a three-bedroom garden apartment on the lower level with a private entry.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • The duplex apartment occupies the top floors of a 19th-century carriage house that is hidden down a gated former horse passageway just off of New York's Times Square and has played a starring role in both film and TV.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 June 2025
  • The two upper floors contain an independent duplex apartment with both interior access and a separate staircase to the ground-floor entrance.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 May 2025

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“Cohousing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohousing. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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