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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In 1999, waist-high water filled the parking lot of Westport House, the high-rise apartment building to the south of the Sun Fresh.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2026
The property sprawls over almost 100,000 square metres, including six apartment buildings, private mansions, a beach club and the world’s first Bulgari Marina and Yacht Club.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
Plaintiffs' attorneys allege Roe intentionally placed his victims in luxury apartment buildings because of their upscale appearance and amenities and that the apartments served as the headquarters of the alleged trafficking operation, with customers routinely sent to the units.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
In Denver, in addition to Union Station and the Dairy Block, its holdings include the former Great Divide building in RiNo, LoDo’s Thompson Hotel and FoundryLine, a 17-story apartment building in RiNo that McWhinney completed in 2024.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2026
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2026
The property sprawls over almost 100,000 square metres, including six apartment buildings, private mansions, a beach club and the world’s first Bulgari Marina and Yacht Club.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
Plaintiffs' attorneys allege Roe intentionally placed his victims in luxury apartment buildings because of their upscale appearance and amenities and that the apartments served as the headquarters of the alleged trafficking operation, with customers routinely sent to the units.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
In Denver, in addition to Union Station and the Dairy Block, its holdings include the former Great Divide building in RiNo, LoDo’s Thompson Hotel and FoundryLine, a 17-story apartment building in RiNo that McWhinney completed in 2024.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment%20building. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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