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an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall the museum sets aside this large central apartment to display special exhibitions

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Recent Examples of apartment On December 31, a video from Rinderknecht’s iPhone showed what appeared to be a green, barbecue-style lighter in his apartment, the affidavit states. Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025 It had originally been planned for 350 apartments, some businesses and a plaza. Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 11 Oct. 2025 The organization said the measure was a threat to internet agreements where companies provide services to apartment complexes and rental homes in bulk and would lead to higher prices. Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025 Upstairs, Kat Lloyd guides the teens to an apartment made to resemble one shared by two families soon after the Civil War. Cory Turner, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for apartment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartment
Noun
  • The 97-unit building, with studios to three-bedroom penthouses, features finishes and layouts typically reserved for condominiums, 17 private terraces, and a penthouse commanding $35,000 per month.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
  • In addition, the penthouse of the Hot 100 has been unusually stagnant over the past year, with smashes remaining in the top 10 for months on end.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Williams — joined by family members, current and past KU coaches, players and support staff — on Tuesday afternoon cut the ribbon on the room that bears his name.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Carrying it around feels more like lugging a speaker than a dainty portable gadget, but that handle makes moving it between rooms surprisingly manageable.
    Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Staying in affordable cabin lodgings has its own romantic charm in many cases.
    Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • All around the world, bold new lodgings are luring discerning travelers in search of beauty, glamour, and the unexpected.
    Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Levy built the gate on land owned by the homeowners association of an adjacent bluff-top condominium complex.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Other lodges followed, but most have since closed, replaced with mansions or condominium developments.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • He was escorted to the suite shortly before kickoff and left through the press box just as the game ended.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Patel is not alone in having risen from the service floor to the C-suite.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The move reignites a trade war between the world's two largest economies after the United States and China had for months maintained a truce that has kept tariffs on each other flat.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Gomez even styled the dress with cream Mary Jane flats, in keeping with the head-to-toe bridal feel.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At one point, Lloyd tells the students about a parade near the Moores' tenement, celebrating the passage of the 15th Amendment, which granted Black men the right to vote.
    Cory Turner, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In 1909, just a few days after their mother, Sara, gave birth to Daniel, one of these boys, four-year-old George, fell to his death while playing on the roof of their tenement building on the Lower East Side.
    David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • From the outside, the Harris County Jail might be mistaken for a high-end condo, with walls of windows that overlook the bayou in downtown Houston.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Click here to see more photos of this Upper East Side condo.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartment. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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