Examples of skyscraper in a Sentence
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New York Times Citadel’s CEO is planning to construct a massive 62-story skyscraper in New York City in order to attract workers back into the office.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
Velour was dressed in head-to-toe silver, looking like an Art Deco skyscraper, with red lips, contoured cheeks and catlike eyeliner.
—Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Raja Feather Kelly fills Riccardo Hernández’s striking stage design, with its nods to Lempicka’s industrial skyscrapers, with tepid, rote choreography.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
Designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki, The Montgomery is a 26-story condo skyscraper in Chicago’s River North neighborhood that was built in 1972 as the former headquarters for catalog giant Montgomery Ward.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
One solution can be seen at 1-Arden Food Forest, a 10,000-square-foot urban farm situated 51 floors up in a Central Business District skyscraper.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2024
The Taipei 101 building, once recognized as the tallest skyscraper in the world, uses an enormous tuned mass damper (basically a giant pendulum) to protect itself from earthquakes.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
The result of all this is that even Taiwan’s tallest skyscrapers can withstand regular seismic jolts.
—Siyi Zhao Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
But in a triumph of modern engineering, the soaring Taipei 101, once the world’s tallest skyscraper, emerged from the island’s latest seismic event undamaged.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
Velour was dressed in head-to-toe silver, looking like an Art Deco skyscraper, with red lips, contoured cheeks and catlike eyeliner.
—Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Raja Feather Kelly fills Riccardo Hernández’s striking stage design, with its nods to Lempicka’s industrial skyscrapers, with tepid, rote choreography.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
Designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki, The Montgomery is a 26-story condo skyscraper in Chicago’s River North neighborhood that was built in 1972 as the former headquarters for catalog giant Montgomery Ward.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
One solution can be seen at 1-Arden Food Forest, a 10,000-square-foot urban farm situated 51 floors up in a Central Business District skyscraper.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2024
The Taipei 101 building, once recognized as the tallest skyscraper in the world, uses an enormous tuned mass damper (basically a giant pendulum) to protect itself from earthquakes.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
The result of all this is that even Taiwan’s tallest skyscrapers can withstand regular seismic jolts.
—Siyi Zhao Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
But in a triumph of modern engineering, the soaring Taipei 101, once the world’s tallest skyscraper, emerged from the island’s latest seismic event undamaged.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Skyscraper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyscraper. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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skyscraper
noun
sky·scrap·er
ˈskī-ˌskrā-pər 
: a very tall building
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