apartment building

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Recent Examples of apartment building The ambush attack comes after a 25-year-old man was gunned down earlier in the day just before 1:30 p.m. outside his apartment building on Capitol Avenue. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2025 In November, the first residential units opened at Evoke Living at Eastland Yards, a 72-unit apartment building offering affordable housing for those 55 and older. Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2025 His apartment building on 72nd Street was directly across from Lennon's home in the commanding Gothic complex known as The Dakota. Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 2 May 2025 The teen was charged with murder, assault and gun possession in connection with the slaying of 34-year-old Christopher Jimenez, who was found with a gunshot wound to the chest in his apartment building near W. 126th St. and Broadway on April 17, police said. Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for apartment building
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartment building
tenement house
Noun
  • Whatever the publishers’ intent, these reporters did cover serious news: strikes, presidential races, unsafe factory conditions, overcrowded tenement houses, the aftermath of hurricanes and earthquakes.
    Susan Faludi, The New York Review of Books, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The chef’s table inside the kitchen proves the best seat in this 100-year-old tenement house.
    Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2024

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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartment%20building. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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