semi

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of semi The California plan, which has been closely watched by other states and countries, was meant to take a big leap forward last year, with a requirement that some of the more than 30,000 trucks that move cargo in and out of ports start using semis that don’t emit carbon dioxide. Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025 Lake County crash investigators determined that the semi was traveling south on U.S. 41 at the time of the crash. Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025 This semi represented her 200th career singles pro win on tour. Todd Boss, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 Nikola manufactured both hydrogen-electric and battery-electric semi trucks, and its fueling network has dispensed more than 330 metric tons of hydrogen, said Chief Executive Steve Girsky. Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for semi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semi
Noun
  • Across Wolf Canyon, in the western half of Otay Ranch, is a project selling from Lennar called Anden that is entirely duplexes.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The four-bedroom, 7.5-bath Manhattan duplex was on the market on and off for seven years before finding a buyer.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • These two young hounds chased the house cats around the San Ysidro ranch house together.
    Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
  • More recently, the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County claimed most of Topanga State Park and Will Rogers State Historic Park, including Will Rogers’ original ranch house.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The most recent application requests only 134 town houses, but the other homes could still be on the table.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Its first two chapters were in Shanghai and New York, where it was recreated last September at an Upper East Side town house for a one-week installation.
    Luisa Zargani, WWD, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Huston was forced to evacuate her ranch in the Sierra Nevada mountain range during the event.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • One family ranch will continue an agricultural legacy begun in 1970 even as subdivisions replace farmland throughout Northwest Arkansas.
    Annette Beard, Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Roman’s Lagoon is a tranquil bungalow that sleeps up to five.
    Emma Kershaw, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • My in-laws own a little two-bedroom beach bungalow.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Isle of Harris, farther south from North Uist, is also a great place to catch them wandering along the beach, says Jackie Robertson, the owner of Knoydart House, an award-winning, luxury, self-catering cottage in Mallaig, Scotland.
    Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • This has led to a growth in private development of new student housing with many older cottage style houses being demolished to make way for boxy duplexes.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • General Electric fills those tract houses with appliances.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 4 June 2024
  • RuPaul was born in San Diego in 1960, the third of four children and the only boy, and brought up in a yellow three-bedroom tract house, one of four models in a housing development called Michelle Manor.
    Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • The sales of condos, townhomes, and villas also increased during the week ending March 22, from 103 to 112, while their median price dropped by 5.8 percent to $268,500.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Denver’s active condo/townhome listings are up about 33% at 3,562.
    Sara B. Hansen, The Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2025

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“Semi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semi. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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