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The rooms are about 160-square-feet with the addition of a 1,500-square-foot penthouse suite on the third floor. — Johnny Diaz, sun-sentinel.com, "Emilio and Gloria Estefan unveil their renovated Cardozo South Beach hotel," 13 June 2019 The allegation that Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo raped a woman in a penthouse at the Palms Casino Resort in June 2009 has become a controversy for a U.S. federal court to resolve. — Michael Mccann, SI.com, "Cristiano Ronaldo Rape Case Still Very Much Open Despite Dropped Lawsuit," 5 June 2019 That night, while O’Hara and his pal Mayor McCoy were strategizing in the penthouse at Narragansett, a caravan of state police arrived to arrest O’Hara on the libel charge. — Richard E. Farley, Town & Country, "The Great American Racetrack War," 9 June 2017 Last year, an Asian buyer agreed to pay $180 million for the penthouse, a 12,536-square-foot, five-level apartment inside the building’s glittering apex, Mr. Doronin said. — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, "A Russian Billionaire’s $1.3 Billion Bet on New York’s Iconic Crown Building," 13 June 2019 Plus, the distinctive look helps to market the building, whose apartments range from studios that go for $2,100 a month to a penthouse (still unoccupied) whose monthly charge is $12,000. — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, "A new oval apartment tower breaks out of the box and brightens downtown’s western edge," 12 June 2019 The penthouse, which spans 15,000 square feet and is located at West 42nd Street in Manhattan, went up for sale a year ago. — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, "Buy This NYC Penthouse, And Get Two Free Tickets to Space," 30 May 2019 Although the sale of the luxurious penthouse was previously reported, the identity of the buyer has until now remained unknown. — Flora Carr, Fortune, "Michael Dell Bought the Most Expensive Apartment Ever Sold in NYC," 23 Feb. 2018 There were also plans to give the building’s $50 million penthouse to Russian President Vladimir Putin. — Alex Ward, Vox, "Why Michael Cohen’s Trump Tower Moscow revelation matters, in under 500 words," 30 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'penthouse.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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