single-family
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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She also promised to ramp up the production of apartments, including in single-family neighborhoods, in a bid to bring down rental costs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
A market in which private equity increasingly buys up single-family housing isn’t going to yield havens of picket fences and prosperity.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
That’s because households are getting smaller, and multiple families don’t tend to share single-family homes.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
The tax will hit single-family homes with market values greater than $5 million, and condos and co-ops worth $1 million or more.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Alpharetta employers say that the $250,000 starting point for a detached, single-family house freezes out their secretaries and technicians, janitors and truck drivers, cashiers and data clerks.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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