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In October, a massive brick chimney running 20 stories up the side of a housing authority apartment building in the Bronx collapsed after an explosion, sending tons of debris plummeting to the ground, though no one was injured.
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Dave Collins, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
Rychka lives on the 13th floor of her apartment building, so just leaving home and coming back when the lights and elevators are out has become a daily workout.
—Anastasiia Parafeniuk, NBC news, 23 Jan. 2026
The objective was to climb—without ropes, a harness, or a parachute—a sixty-nine-floor luxury apartment building in Jersey City, New Jersey, called the Urby.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
The content creator and singer was found dead on Friday inside an apartment building in the Dharmawangsa neighborhood of South Jakarta, local authorities confirmed to CNN Indonesia.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
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Dave Collins, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
Rychka lives on the 13th floor of her apartment building, so just leaving home and coming back when the lights and elevators are out has become a daily workout.
—Anastasiia Parafeniuk, NBC news, 23 Jan. 2026
The objective was to climb—without ropes, a harness, or a parachute—a sixty-nine-floor luxury apartment building in Jersey City, New Jersey, called the Urby.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
The content creator and singer was found dead on Friday inside an apartment building in the Dharmawangsa neighborhood of South Jakarta, local authorities confirmed to CNN Indonesia.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartment building
Noun
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Completed in 1910, the 15-story apartment house includes a doorman, live-in superintendent, and rooftop terrace.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
8 Dec. 2025
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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
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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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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 31 Jan. 2026.
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