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Recent Examples of porte cochere
The porte cochere leads to an underground garage — a bonus for wealthy residents worried about their security for the same reasons that the characters in both films are.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2025
Patients access the complex — created by merging a former law office, funeral home, car dealership and Dunkin’ Donuts — by driving around back where a porte cochere leads into a soaring atrium.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025
Sitting on ocean cliffs, Ocean House is fronted by a porte cochere that leads into a double-height lobby finished with limestone and oak millwork.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2025
This starts with the private porte cochere, which serves as a peaceful transition point between Midtown and the world of the building.
—Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2025
Patients access the complex — created by merging a former law office, funeral home, car dealership and Dunkin’ Donuts — by driving around back where a porte cochere leads into a soaring atrium.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025
Sitting on ocean cliffs, Ocean House is fronted by a porte cochere that leads into a double-height lobby finished with limestone and oak millwork.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2025
This starts with the private porte cochere, which serves as a peaceful transition point between Midtown and the world of the building.
—Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for porte cochere
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Deputies said that even after his brother fell to the ground while standing on the back porch, Dustin Cannon continued firing, the White County Citizen reported.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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However, a 2011 image of the property from the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser obtained by the Herald shows a different fence and gate than those currently in place, along with different exterior columns, no hurricane shutters and a porch gate.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For five days, the medieval Italian town in the heart of Tuscany is transformed into a Cosplay Mecca, with book signings, artist events, screenings, exhibitions and concerts with over 300,000 visitors flooding onto the streets and piazzas.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
19 Oct. 2025
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Join the crowds taking photos of the ornate building from the piazza, and then ascend to the terrace to marvel at the 135 gargoyles and other carvings up close and take in the city’s skyline.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
AFAR Media,
3 Oct. 2025
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The ship featured veranda suites with walk-in closets and heated bathroom floors.—
Brad Japhe,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Oct. 2025
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As the undulant hills beyond the valley turned blue in front of me, a cat sauntered onto the veranda and wound its tail around my ankles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Highlights include a media room and a sleeping porch, along with a spacious fireside living room topped with a statement chandelier.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
5 May 2025
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This home has three bedrooms and a sleeping porch, two and a half bathrooms, a fireplace, a lawn, and deck.—
Kristine Hansen,
Architectural Digest,
1 Apr. 2025
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Renderings submitted with the application show some cosmetic changes to the townhouse façades, including a stoop removed for ADA compliance, new (seemingly code-compliant) double glass doors, and fireproof concrete siding in lieu of wood.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
20 Oct. 2025
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Following her conversations with Lythcott, one point of reference Escobedo returned to was the residential stoop, where so many of Harlem’s residents spend their time with their families and neighbors.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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The chance to pose in Blanche’s Boudoir (decorated with a shag carpet and a palm-print bedspread), chat on the ladies’ famed yellow kitchen phone and play shuffleboard on the lanai are all among the highlights.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
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The roughly 2,700-square-foot main house sits amid more than 4,000 macadamia trees, along with avocado, finger lime, apple banana, and tangerine groves, offering sweeping ocean and landscape views from a broad lanai.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Porte cochere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porte%20cochere. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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