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house style

British  

noun

  1. a set of rules concerning spellings, typography, etc, observed by editorial and printing staff in a particular publishing or printing company

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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While the 12Cilindri is technically evolved from the 812 Competizione, the new car’s styling represents a major change in Ferrari’s house style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

Tse steers us around to the notion of a certain intimacy they like to work at, a realist aesthetic that might be called the Morot house style.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

The post that sent investors scrambling came from an account using the name Bloomberg in the house style of real breaking news accounts on the platform.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025

The well-trimmed lawns and planned informality of gardens and ponds adjacent to the house partly reflect the English and French traditions inspired by the house style itself — nature adapted to create aesthetic effects.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023

It is an unhappy irony that in a play about collusion they could not collude on a house style.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

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