Example Sentences

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The standard homestead exemption knocks $2,000 off the assessed value of all primary residences.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026

"Given the surrounding residences, the accident could have been far more tragic," said Contreiras.

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

Buckingham Palace says that about 70,000 people are entertained at dinners, lunches, receptions and garden parties at the Royal residences.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Only in the 1980s did development get under way, eventually producing an exclusive idyll just south of Miami Beach with roughly 800 residences, accessible only by ferry or yacht.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Satellite images of the family’s residences stand out like sable-clad thumbs in the mangy landscape of North Korea.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden