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as in penthouse
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house
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as in room
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
Photos of the aftermath show toys and shoes littering the apartment hallways, evidence of those pulled from their beds by the operation that included FBI and Homeland Security agents.
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
Inside the LaMarr Franklin Lofts The new lofts will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 4 Oct. 2025
My room—over 500 square feet—was larger than my first New York apartment.
—Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Mattioli reconfigured the apartment’s long and narrow footprint by defining each area through color, lighting, and architectural alterations.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 4 Oct. 2025
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
Inside the LaMarr Franklin Lofts The new lofts will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 4 Oct. 2025
My room—over 500 square feet—was larger than my first New York apartment.
—Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Mattioli reconfigured the apartment’s long and narrow footprint by defining each area through color, lighting, and architectural alterations.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartment
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Staying in affordable cabin lodgings has its own romantic charm in many cases.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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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
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Pentecostal revival meeting lights and condominium-sale advertisements illuminate the city, leaving a ruddy glow along the highway.—
Edna Bonhomme,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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The condominium is located minutes from the village via shuttle bus and has a vast game room, hot tubs, and ski lockers big enough to hold our rental equipment from Venture Sports.—
Grace Bastidas,
Parents,
29 Sep. 2025
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Perched on a hillside, The Hotel Hershey has family-friendly guest rooms, suites, and villas; amenities and activities like hiking trails and family s’mores roasts; a special kids check-in process; and various perks and benefits for visiting the local attractions.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Rivian's electric trucks and SUVs are quick, powerful and include a suite of advanced standard features.—
Charles Singh,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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This sweater dress can be styled casually with boots and loafers during fall, and the deep burgundy color works well with tights and flats or heels for a dressier occasion this winter.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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There are tons of styles of ballet flats to add to your wardrobe, whether strappy shoes that would look chic with skirts or pants, or velvet pairs that could easily transition into the colder months, too.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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Only in New York can a child raised in a tenement in Bushwick, who once worked as a squeegee boy and a mailroom clerk, rise to become mayor.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement More broadly, tenement dwellers exercised their freedom of assembly, press and speech by publishing and reading newspapers, and delivering and listening to speeches.—
Annie Polland,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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Click here for more photos of the Miami Beach condo of the late Luigi Caiola.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
1 Oct. 2025
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Neighboring Atavia to the east is Belgravia’s other condo project, Portico, the company’s first in Arizona.—
Shawn Raymundo,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartment. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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