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There are the vast arcs of the avenues, the great green slashes of parks and cemeteries, the jagged field of skyscrapers, steepled and spiked like iron filings pulled up toward the great magnet of the sky.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
Minnesota iron built skyscrapers and railroads, backed by titans of industry like the Carnegies and Rockefellers.
—Tim Gruber, New York Times, 18 May 2025
First came the Trump Tower Jeddah and a luxury skyscraper and hotel in Dubai, followed by the announcement of two projects in Riyadh in December.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Two showcased Arizona: one for the Phoenix metro area — saguaro cacti and ocotillo in the foreground, freeway and skyscrapers in the background — and one for the red-rock country to the north.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
Minnesota iron built skyscrapers and railroads, backed by titans of industry like the Carnegies and Rockefellers.
—Tim Gruber, New York Times, 18 May 2025
First came the Trump Tower Jeddah and a luxury skyscraper and hotel in Dubai, followed by the announcement of two projects in Riyadh in December.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Two showcased Arizona: one for the Phoenix metro area — saguaro cacti and ocotillo in the foreground, freeway and skyscrapers in the background — and one for the red-rock country to the north.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
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“Skyscraper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyscraper. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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skyscraper
noun
sky·scrap·er
ˈskī-ˌskrā-pər 
: a very tall building
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