apartment building

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Recent Examples of apartment building First responders inspect damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Beirut's southern suburbs Sunday. Matt Bradley, NBC news, 8 June 2026 Police said Toro lived at an apartment building in Bedford Park less than two miles from where he was shot to death. Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 6 June 2026 About six minutes later, Garland’s phone arrived in the area of the apartment building. Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 5 June 2026 The other apartment building is restricted to those making between 60% to 90% of the area median income, and will come with a pool and gym. Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for apartment building
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartment building
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 14 Jun. 2026.

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