apartment building
noun
: a building containing separate residential apartments
called also apartment house
Examples of apartment building in a Sentence
We lived in an apartment building for several years before buying a house.
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Project plans for the new eight-story apartment building suggest the developers aim to use provisions of Senate Bill 330 that are designed to expedite the city’s review process.
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George Avalos, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
Four people were injured, with two of them taken to area hospitals, in the aftermath of an apartment building fire on Monday in Detroit, the Detroit Fire Department reported.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 8 June 2026
First responders inspect damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Beirut's southern suburbs Sunday.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 8 June 2026
Police said Toro lived at an apartment building in Bedford Park less than two miles from where he was shot to death.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 6 June 2026
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George Avalos, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
Four people were injured, with two of them taken to area hospitals, in the aftermath of an apartment building fire on Monday in Detroit, the Detroit Fire Department reported.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 8 June 2026
First responders inspect damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Beirut's southern suburbs Sunday.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 8 June 2026
Police said Toro lived at an apartment building in Bedford Park less than two miles from where he was shot to death.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 6 June 2026
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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment%20building. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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