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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Located in a former apartment building, the property is close to the museum, and offers a free shuttle to and from all of the sites.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025
The apartment building itself is slightly newer, dating to the turn of the 20th century.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
The fees for those same two permits on a new 25,000-square-foot business or multi-family apartment building would almost triple, growing from roughly $1,700 to $4,800.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025
The new venue was the North Seattle apartment building Daugaard had proposed more than a year earlier.
—Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025
The apartment building itself is slightly newer, dating to the turn of the 20th century.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
The fees for those same two permits on a new 25,000-square-foot business or multi-family apartment building would almost triple, growing from roughly $1,700 to $4,800.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025
The new venue was the North Seattle apartment building Daugaard had proposed more than a year earlier.
—Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 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 9 Oct. 2025.
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