apartment building

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Recent Examples of apartment building The building is being converted into a 1,600-unit apartment building due for completion in 2027, according to the architectural firm Gensler's website. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 July 2026 Did anyone else cheer at their TV screen when a distressed Paula walked up to her apartment building, only to find Rudy and Geri there offering help and apologies? Erin Qualey, Vulture, 8 July 2026 Crews worked overnight to shore up a massive, under-construction apartment building in Manhattan after some of its columns buckled and floors sagged, triggering widespread evacuations and street closures over concerns about a collapse. ABC News, 8 July 2026 The man, identified only by the last name Zhang, was found unconscious outside the apartment building by his cousin, identified only by the last name Liu, who lived on the 20th floor, according to Channel News Asia. Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for apartment building
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Noun
  • The heavy equipment was then set to take off the front of the apartment house where the fire began, because investigators still have not determined the cause of the fire and needed access to find out.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • At the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 70th Street, one such residence occupies a stately 1920s apartment house designed by renowned architect Rosario Candela.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • The chef’s table inside the kitchen proves the best seat in this early-20th-century tenement house.
    Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
  • Shells from the tavern in the basement of Gladstone’s Land, a tenement house in the Scottish capital, filled in gaps in the building’s brickwork.
    Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025

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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartment%20building. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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