White House

noun

-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce White House (audio)
1
: a residence of the president of the U.S.
2
: the executive department of the U.S. government

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In a June Facebook post, Patel said the FBI's ramped-up efforts to find fraudsters was part of a White House task force to eliminate fraud headed by Vice President JD Vance. — Josh Meyer, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026 Turning Point Action is positioning itself to shape that contest, a reminder that preparations for the next White House campaign are already in motion even though no candidates have announced and the midterm elections aren't over yet. — ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026 To build the president’s White House ballroom, roughly 250 workers have been pouring concrete and installing steel framework, keeping the site humming for 20 hours a day, seven days a week. — Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026 The Administration is spending more than nine hundred million dollars on White House renovations alone, most of which will come from taxpayers. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for White House

Word History

Etymology

the White House, mansion in Washington, D.C., assigned to the use of the president of the U.S.

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of White House was in 1811

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