guardhouses

plural of guardhouse

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Noun
  • Framed in iron, this glass structure is said to be one of the world’s most elegant glasshouses.
    Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Start at the outdoor garden to snap photos in front of bright yellow and orange mums, ornamental green cabbages, and a towering pumpkin tree, then go inside to see the historic glasshouses.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Seats are elected from each of the city’s wards and serve staggered, four-year terms.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Because most board candidates run at-large rather than from wards (subdistricts), elections are largely insulated from gerrymandering, a driver of systemic dysfunction.
    Scott Levy, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What To Know According to the Anti-Deformation League (ADL), the Totenkopf was adopted by the SS and was particularly associated with the SS-Totenkopfverbande, which was responsible for guarding concentration camps.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The Warsaw doctors likewise wrote about patients whose hearts failed after they were fed; when Allied soldiers liberated the concentration camps, large numbers of emaciated people died after being given high-calorie foods such as chocolate.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While some dogs were found roaming around the house, others were in cages.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
  • One group of rats was raised in cages full of toys, challenging mazes, and other rats to hang around with.
    Big Think, Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Guardhouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardhouses. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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