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Some of the sessions will take place in the Old Colony House, which is easily one of the coolest buildings in the state. — BostonGlobe.com, "will get the chance show off Rhode Island a little bit this week.," 17 Sep. 2019 Since then, the three buildings have remained open to visitors, with sunny days being the best time to visit. — Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, "From Bottles to Newspapers, These Five Homes Were Built Using Everyday Objects," 17 Sep. 2019 The building had been sold to a developer and Stroud and his family had to go. — Dan Horn, Cincinnati.com, "How moving a man and his store out of OTR proved worthy of song," 17 Sep. 2019 Classes continued as scheduled , but no one was let into or out of the school buildings during that time, according to the notifications. — Anna Kim, chicagotribune.com, "Report of a vehicle break-in leads to school lockdown in Northbrook: Officials," 16 Sep. 2019 The existing landscape was redesigned to block views of industrial buildings. — Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, "A Light Safari in Wine Country," 15 Sep. 2019 There were stories of novice kiteboarders being flung into the sides of buildings; people broke ribs, or worse. — James Somers, The New Yorker, "How Hackers Won the Water," 13 Sep. 2019 Representatives of West Hartford Fellowship Housing have presented detailed plans to demolish and redevelop nearly all of the buildings at an affordable housing complex on Starkel Road. — Emily Brindley, courant.com, "As West Hartford considers proposal to redevelop affordable housing complex, residents voice both concern, support," 12 Sep. 2019 The plywood is mainly used in the construction of residential and commercial buildings. — David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com, "U.S. plywood producers sue over rival Brazilian product, saying it would fail in hurricanes," 9 Sep. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'building.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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