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as in penthouses
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house
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as in rooms
an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall
the museum sets aside this large central apartment to display special exhibitions
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Recent Examples of apartments
Diana was allowed to keep her apartments at Kensington Palace for life.
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Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 9 Nov. 2025
The city has excellent public schools, top-notch hospitals, and a wide range of housing options, from luxury apartments and small starter homes to large properties fit for big families.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2025
Beyond just apartments, the conversation in many races revolved — and diverged — around candidates’ attitudes toward growth in general.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
Bed bugs can be found in a range of settings, including cruise ships, hotels, trains and houses and apartments.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Residents already live in the single-family homes in the development, and by the end of the year, some residents will be moving into the apartments.
—Khadejeh Nikouyeh, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
The Herald identified residents who had lived in the apartments at the time Ibrahim owned them through eviction filings dating back to 1998.
—Deena Sabry, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Whole-home Wi-Fi mesh systems bring wall-to-wall coverage without dead zones, and compact dual-band picks keep apartments fast without overspending.
—PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
Artists making do in their New York apartments is not uncommon, but most do not install a woodworking studio at home.
—Kayla Levy, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2025
Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 9 Nov. 2025
The city has excellent public schools, top-notch hospitals, and a wide range of housing options, from luxury apartments and small starter homes to large properties fit for big families.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2025
Beyond just apartments, the conversation in many races revolved — and diverged — around candidates’ attitudes toward growth in general.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
Bed bugs can be found in a range of settings, including cruise ships, hotels, trains and houses and apartments.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Residents already live in the single-family homes in the development, and by the end of the year, some residents will be moving into the apartments.
—Khadejeh Nikouyeh, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
The Herald identified residents who had lived in the apartments at the time Ibrahim owned them through eviction filings dating back to 1998.
—Deena Sabry, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Whole-home Wi-Fi mesh systems bring wall-to-wall coverage without dead zones, and compact dual-band picks keep apartments fast without overspending.
—PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
Artists making do in their New York apartments is not uncommon, but most do not install a woodworking studio at home.
—Kayla Levy, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartments
Noun
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The 121 residences include a handful of penthouses, with a two-story version hitting the market a year ago for $65 million.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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Select penthouses also feature cascading string chandeliers, foosball tables, and private Peloton gyms overlooking the Strip.—
David Morris,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Oct. 2025
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Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Nov. 2025
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The lodge has an indoor water park, an on-site restaurant (The Little Gem), and a variety of accommodation styles, ranging from classic rooms to family cabins and seasonal rustic cabins.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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Belle Meade Village's 1 Iris Lane condominiums The residences at Belle Meade Village are set to be spread out between two condominium buildings with 46 units each.—
Molly Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
16 Oct. 2025
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The name belonged to a London area with printing shops, booksellers and cheap lodgings where impoverished writers churned out pamphlets, satires, political tracts, sensational stories and hack journalism—whatever sold.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Nov. 2025
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While you’re holed up in your new lodgings, enjoy a blissful soak under the rainfall showerhead or take in the view from the glass wall in the bedroom that offers an unobscured view during leaf-peeping season and beyond.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
6 Nov. 2025
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In addition to the different inseam options, these pants come in sizes ranging from 2 to 18, and each pair has a full-length design that’ll play well with flats, loafers, or boots.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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In the early 1990s, Rosita and Ottavio, and Angela and her brother Vittorio purchased two mirror-image four-bedroom, two-floor penthouse flats near the village center.—
Laura May Todd,
Architectural Digest,
6 Nov. 2025
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Following the renovation, all the Waldorf rooms and suites feel spacious—no claustrophobic Manhattan hotel rooms here.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
10 Nov. 2025
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Separate guest suites — all with views — provide private space for family or visitors.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The second story follows the journey of Tateh (Brandon Uranowitz), the Latvian immigrant and his Little Girl (Tabitha Lawing), from New York’s tenements to factory exploitation in a mill town to his re-invention as a populist filmmaker in a nascent industry.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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Teachers gravitated to a book in one of our exhibits, Sermons and Addresses by Abraham Lincoln, that originally belonged to Parthenia Lawrence, a Black teenager who lived in the tenements during the Civil War and Reconstruction.—
Annie Polland,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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By this summer, Knobel owned nine of 19 condos at the Vail Inn and a majority of the condo board’s directors had been appointed by him, according to last month’s lawsuit.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Apartments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartments. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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