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Featuring the works of artist Michael Storrings, the puzzle artfully depicts a snowy winter scene in New York City, complete with the subway line, skyscrapers, bright yellow taxis, storefronts, and of course, pedestrians strolling the streets.
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Tall skyscrapers can hold significantly more people on a small footprint, so why not apply that thinking to solar panels as well?
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Over the decades, luxury apartments and gleaming skyscrapers rose around the restaurant as Phoenix’s downtown developed.
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Astronomers have reportedly discovered a skyscraper-sized asteroid moving through our solar system at a near record-breaking pace.
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Tall skyscrapers can hold significantly more people on a small footprint, so why not apply that thinking to solar panels as well?
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
Over the decades, luxury apartments and gleaming skyscrapers rose around the restaurant as Phoenix’s downtown developed.
—Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Astronomers have reportedly discovered a skyscraper-sized asteroid moving through our solar system at a near record-breaking pace.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Skyscraper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyscraper. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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skyscraper
noun
sky·scrap·er
ˈskī-ˌskrā-pər 
: a very tall building
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