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In recent years, the U.S. government has recognized International Transgender Day of Visibility, and skyscrapers across the country have lit up with the colors of the transgender flag — light pink, light blue and white.
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Jonathan Franklin, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
Although sometimes dismissed as a bunch of guys in rubber suits pushing each other into balsa wood skyscrapers (and what’s wrong with that?!), the Godzilla series is a triumph of sci-fi world-building and practical effects.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Shen Zhen, owner of the L.A. Grand Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, later proposed a 77-story skyscraper that drew support from Huizar.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The 40-story Art Deco-style skyscraper at 500 Griswold St., which is owned by Wayne County and houses many county employees, lost power at about 1 p.m. Detroit firefighters responded to help rescue several passengers from an elevator, a firefighter at the scene said.
—Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
In the retrospective, which starts at the close of the nineteenth century and takes us through the decades, ocean liners give way to airplanes, graphic styles evolve, and skyscrapers climb ever higher.
—Nicholas D. Lowry, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
And even if the attorney general succeeds in acquiring Mr. Trump’s real estate, unloading a 60-story skyscraper involves a spider web of transactions.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
This cap along with the fact that Panther Island is 100 feet below the Trinity River bluff will prevent the development from becoming a second downtown and blocking the views of the nearby skyscrapers.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2024
The city has implemented real-time noise monitors in several skyscrapers near Bayfront.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2024
Jonathan Franklin, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
Although sometimes dismissed as a bunch of guys in rubber suits pushing each other into balsa wood skyscrapers (and what’s wrong with that?!), the Godzilla series is a triumph of sci-fi world-building and practical effects.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Shen Zhen, owner of the L.A. Grand Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, later proposed a 77-story skyscraper that drew support from Huizar.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The 40-story Art Deco-style skyscraper at 500 Griswold St., which is owned by Wayne County and houses many county employees, lost power at about 1 p.m. Detroit firefighters responded to help rescue several passengers from an elevator, a firefighter at the scene said.
—Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
In the retrospective, which starts at the close of the nineteenth century and takes us through the decades, ocean liners give way to airplanes, graphic styles evolve, and skyscrapers climb ever higher.
—Nicholas D. Lowry, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
And even if the attorney general succeeds in acquiring Mr. Trump’s real estate, unloading a 60-story skyscraper involves a spider web of transactions.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
This cap along with the fact that Panther Island is 100 feet below the Trinity River bluff will prevent the development from becoming a second downtown and blocking the views of the nearby skyscrapers.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2024
The city has implemented real-time noise monitors in several skyscrapers near Bayfront.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2024
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“Skyscraper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyscraper. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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skyscraper
noun
sky·scrap·er
ˈskī-ˌskrā-pər 
: a very tall building
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