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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Police identified a suspect as 60-year-old James Carlson, who resides in the apartment building, according to Podgorski.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
Some apartment buildings and high-rises are a shell of concrete and wire, destroyed by airstrikes.
—Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
For the first time since Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades engulfed his apartment building in November, Mak stepped into his former home again Monday.
—Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
For the first time since Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades engulfed his apartment building in November, Keung Mak will step into his former home again Monday.
—ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
Some apartment buildings and high-rises are a shell of concrete and wire, destroyed by airstrikes.
—Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
For the first time since Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades engulfed his apartment building in November, Mak stepped into his former home again Monday.
—Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
For the first time since Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades engulfed his apartment building in November, Keung Mak will step into his former home again Monday.
—ABC News, 19 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 21 Apr. 2026.
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