apartment building

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Recent Examples of apartment building Smoke could also be seen coming from the apartment building. Christina Merino, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026 According to the report, Walker had brandished a knife and was ordered to drop it by at least one officer during a scuffle that arose during an incident on Thursday at Walker’s apartment building at 990 Capitol Ave. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026 She had been dragged down an alley to a secluded area near an apartment building and behind a fence, where she was raped and strangled, according to authorities. Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026 The Chicago Plan Commission approved a proposal to replace a vacant lot in Lakeview on the North Side with a 12-story apartment building. Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 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 28 Feb. 2026.

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