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as in penthouses
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house
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as in rooms
an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall
the museum sets aside this large central apartment to display special exhibitions
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Recent Examples of apartments
Nearly 150 new apartments are coming to a Rosedale corner in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
According to him, holiday lighting was the obvious starting point, but interest soon extended to homes, patios, weddings, outdoor events, landscape projects, apartments, dorm rooms, and commercial spaces.
—William Jones, USA Today, 15 June 2026
Nelson said his company — a general contractor and developer of homes and apartments — had to institute pay raises of 20% to 30% over a two- or three-year period as a defensive measure.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
Projects like Rhapsody at Rainbow Village will swap 136 old apartments for more than 1,500 new mixed-income units.
—Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
Simon and Peller began by combining two apartments—each about 1,100 square feet—into a single space before reconfiguring a more fluid floor plan.
—Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 13 June 2026
The Docent’s Collection offers a handful of loft-style apartments, complete with kitchens.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
What was once a workingman’s district is now River North, a polished landscape of galleries, luxury apartments and expense-account dining.
—David Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Avent shot a man to death outside the apartments, police concluded.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
According to him, holiday lighting was the obvious starting point, but interest soon extended to homes, patios, weddings, outdoor events, landscape projects, apartments, dorm rooms, and commercial spaces.
—William Jones, USA Today, 15 June 2026
Nelson said his company — a general contractor and developer of homes and apartments — had to institute pay raises of 20% to 30% over a two- or three-year period as a defensive measure.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
Projects like Rhapsody at Rainbow Village will swap 136 old apartments for more than 1,500 new mixed-income units.
—Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
Simon and Peller began by combining two apartments—each about 1,100 square feet—into a single space before reconfiguring a more fluid floor plan.
—Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 13 June 2026
The Docent’s Collection offers a handful of loft-style apartments, complete with kitchens.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
What was once a workingman’s district is now River North, a polished landscape of galleries, luxury apartments and expense-account dining.
—David Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Avent shot a man to death outside the apartments, police concluded.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartments
Noun
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Accommodations range from deluxe, superior, and premier to urban, and two penthouses, the latter of which are a statement stay that seem better suited for entertaining than sleeping.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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From million-dollar penthouses to neighborhood scavenger hunts, World Cup 2026 is already changing how consumers travel, spend, dress and experience football.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The rooms are comfortable and big enough to accommodate families easily.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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Custom furnishings in most of the rooms maintain the black-anthracite palette.—
Carrie Bell,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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And Hatter, who was relocated after city officials intervened, can settle into her new lodgings in her new neighborhood and figure out her next steps.—
Essence,
Essence,
26 Nov. 2025
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Visitors can stay in historic lodgings with period furnishings.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Nov. 2025
Noun
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From the pine forests and black swamps to the marsh flats and on to the Gulf, the refuge burgeons with life in ways hard to explain to someone who hasn’t been there.—
Jeff VanderMeer,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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Style them with your favorite basics like T-shirts and tank tops, opt for a button-down blouse with flats and jewelry, or add a ruffle top with sandals for a trendy look.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
10 June 2026
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The 159 rooms and 33 suites are studies in big-time, understated chic, done in grays, white marbles, and earth tones—set off by killer views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago River through floor-to-ceiling windows.—
Amy Tara Koch,
Robb Report,
11 Dec. 2025
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These include real-world software engineering tasks, doctoral-level science tests, and abstract pattern-recognition suites.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Dec. 2025
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The nearby tenements were crammed with people who earned very little, because times were tough.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
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Within that rip-roaring running time, director Josh Safdie volleys audiences from the grotty tenements of New York’s Lower East Side — the Jewish neighborhood Marty calls home — to a swanky room at the Ritz hotel in London, to a climactic match in Tokyo.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
1 Dec. 2025
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In that sense, the condos operate slightly more like investment properties than other condo units inside luxury hotel buildings around town.—
Molly Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
8 Dec. 2025
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By this summer, Knobel owned nine of 19 condos at the Vail Inn and a majority of the condo board’s directors had been appointed by him, according to last month’s lawsuit.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Apartments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartments. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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