single-family
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Reducing the lot-size requirement should reduce the cost of a new single-family home significantly, Mikula told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The giant property stocks, real-estate investment trusts that own hundreds of thousands of apartments and single-family homes across the country, have been plunging for months.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Fisher designed a 5,000-square-foot studio and home that combines the aesthetics of a downtown artist’s loft and the comforts of a single-family home in the working-class enclave that still offered inexpensive land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Note that the decline preceded this summer’s law restricting institutional investors from buying single-family homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
His house is a single-family home painted bright yellow with cream-colored trim.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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