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as in penthouse
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 room
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 apartment
Perec wrote about apartments too, in Species of Spaces.
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Joanna Walsh
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Videos and photos posted by Ukrainian authorities showed part of a high-rise apartment complex collapsed into rubble.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 17 June 2025
Crews recently started demolishing six longstanding empty buildings at the corner of Lincoln Street and Oak Avenue just east of the railroad tracks to clear the way for One Winnetka’s planned 59 luxury apartments, to be supplemented with retail businesses.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
The bedroom, open to the rest of the apartment, is up a staircase.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 June 2025
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Joanna Walsh
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Videos and photos posted by Ukrainian authorities showed part of a high-rise apartment complex collapsed into rubble.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 17 June 2025
Crews recently started demolishing six longstanding empty buildings at the corner of Lincoln Street and Oak Avenue just east of the railroad tracks to clear the way for One Winnetka’s planned 59 luxury apartments, to be supplemented with retail businesses.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
The bedroom, open to the rest of the apartment, is up a staircase.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartment
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With an in-suite elevator, a private entrance, high ceilings and a foyer home to 100-year-old olive trees, this duplex four-bedroom penthouse is fit for royalty and celebrities, like Beyoncé and Jay-Z, who stayed here during the hotel’s grand opening.—
Natasha Amar,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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As of June 1, about 40 households had signed leases for apartments ranging in size from 613-square-foot one-bedrooms to 2,100-square-foot penthouses.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
21 June 2025
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During production, in September 2011, authorities found a small amount of herb in his hotel room, and he was arrested.—
Natalie Meade,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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Lack of shelter access Only 40% of Tamra’s 37,000 residents have either a safe room or a functioning shelter, the town’s mayor Musa Abu Rumi told CNN.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
16 June 2025
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The condominium was built in 2006 and has a living area of 1,371 square feet.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
10 June 2025
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The building would rise at Jetton Road Extension and Bethel Church Road and include 14 condominiums.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
10 June 2025
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Meanwhile the Avani Ao Nang Cliff Krabi Resort has 178 rooms, suites and villas; a rooftop bar with ocean views; and a spa and fitness center.—
Judy Koutsky,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The state-of-the-art stadium includes a two-tier seating bowl with an elevated main concourse, sideline balconies with clubs, suites, and a press box, and a tensile cable canopy roof.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2025
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Bopping around in shoes with little if any arch support (like flats or flip-flops) can worsen plantar fasciitis by asking that band of tissue to work overtime, Dr. DeLott says.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
20 June 2025
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Fine Lines Miu Miu’s oversized striped polo works well with slim capri pants, clean flats, and a subtle statement summer bag.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
20 June 2025
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Her husband is working full time again at a factory, but Mr. Trump’s plan to put a 46 percent tariff on imports from Vietnam hangs over their family, which lives in a row of concrete tenements on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City.—
Alexandra Stevenson,
New York Times,
4 May 2025
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Thoughtful packaging preserves their stability, while a gentle formulation helps deliver on the key tenements of glass skin: smoothness, clearness, and luminosity.—
Rosa Jisoo Pyo,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2025
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Some longtime condo residents, all men, had invited Mark to play poker one evening.—
Michelle Johnson,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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By Redfin's estimation, there are 83% more condo sellers than buyers in the market.—
Laurel Wamsley,
NPR,
23 June 2025
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“Apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartment. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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