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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And Vienna's older apartment buildings are getting climate retrofits, says Veronika Iwanowski, spokesperson for Vienna's municipal housing company, Wiener Wohnen.
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Ryan Kellman, NPR, 15 June 2025
Was there an apartment building whose residents might recognize his photo?
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
Parsons is then spotted entering his apartment building in Revere shortly before midnight for about 20 minutes.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025
Gary Police responded that day to an apartment building on the 1300 block of W. 5th Avenue for a homicide.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
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Ryan Kellman, NPR, 15 June 2025
Was there an apartment building whose residents might recognize his photo?
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
Parsons is then spotted entering his apartment building in Revere shortly before midnight for about 20 minutes.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025
Gary Police responded that day to an apartment building on the 1300 block of W. 5th Avenue for a homicide.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
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 3 Jul. 2025.
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