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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State records show the developer plans to build a 308-unit apartment building with retail space.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Denise worked as a resident manager in the apartment building where the couple lived on the third floor.
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Then as a tenant left the apartment building Garcia slipped inside before entering Negron’s daughter’s apartment, confronting Negron in the bathroom and shooting her in the forehead, torso, arms and legs.
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Jon Stojan, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
State records show the developer plans to build a 308-unit apartment building with retail space.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Denise worked as a resident manager in the apartment building where the couple lived on the third floor.
—Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
Then as a tenant left the apartment building Garcia slipped inside before entering Negron’s daughter’s apartment, confronting Negron in the bathroom and shooting her in the forehead, torso, arms and legs.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for apartment building
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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment%20building. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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