carports
- plural of carport.
Example Sentences
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She said the problems became so bad that the owner of her building had to install gates on the building carports to keep people away.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025
They have flimsy supports on the ground story that prop up carports, garages or storefronts and can snap when shaken from side to side in an earthquake.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025
You will also need to check with your homeowners association and read your deed restrictions to ensure that carports are allowed in your specific community.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023
A Los Angeles law passed in 2015 requiring that apartment buildings with flimsy first stories — often used for carports — be strengthened has resulted in retrofits of more than 8,700 out of 12,400.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2023
In some of the front yards there were aluminum carports, and bright aluminum awnings had been installed on one or two of the buildings.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
