apartment building

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Recent Examples of apartment building From pre-war apartment building vestibules to farmhouse bathrooms to kitchen backsplashes, penny tiles have graced spaces of all kinds since their inception in the early twentieth century. Heather Bien, The Spruce, 8 Mar. 2026 The apartment building would wrap around a seven-level parking structure that would begin below grade with 658 spaces and include amenities such as a leasing office, fitness center, coworking space, pet spa, outdoor gathering areas, and a rooftop pool deck. Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 8 Mar. 2026 The victim was blasted outside an apartment building and was rushed to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was treated. Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026 The 20-apartment building is located on Spencer Street. Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for apartment building
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Noun
  • Completed in 1910, the 15-story apartment house includes a doorman, live-in superintendent, and rooftop terrace.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Investigators said Kaylee Goncalves, 21, was fatally stabbed on the third floor of the apartment house in the same room with another victim, Madison Mogen, 21.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The Tenement Museum comprises two preserved tenement houses on the Lower East Side.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 27 May 2025

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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartment%20building. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.

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