apartments

plural of apartment
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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 In it, Tomlin takes viewers through a virtual metropolis complete with high-rise apartments, a speakeasy, an aquarium, and a baseball stadium. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 Related Articles Her home in the West Village was constructed in the 1920s as a residential hotel with most of the units being used as studios or one-bedroom apartments. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Besides all the visual stimulation, those warehouses and defunct factories also made for excellent studio spaces, and while there wasn’t much housing other than the NYCHA projects, apartments tended to be cheap and spacious, if a bit rundown. — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026 According to prosecutors, Collins went to Pham’s unit inside Yards at Noda apartments on March 28, 2020 — a Saturday. — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026 Three historic buildings make up the ten-thousand square-foot new space, which features a main gallery, studios, and residential apartments for visiting artists, as well as a barn and outdoor sculpture deck that will open in 2027. — News Desk, Artforum, 8 Oct. 2026 The pre-planned neighborhood geared to creatives features soundstages, apartments, townhomes, single-family homes, parks, restaurants, retail and a hotel. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 8 Oct. 2026 The good news is that some of the best storage solutions for small apartments don’t touch a wall. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 Many homes and apartments were rehabilitated, existing homeowners saw modest price increases alongside improving neighborhood conditions, and new long-term affordable apartments are underway. — Ira Goldstein, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartments
Noun
  • Those plans included a garage, pedestrian access to the nearby Trinity Trails, a swimming pool, a pickleball court and penthouses.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Of course, the pair of two-bedroom penthouses offer the best of both worlds, each with a 38-foot-long infinity pool that bleeds into the seascape dotted with surfers.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The rooms Each of the 196 rooms offers stunning views of the park or city from their floor-to-ceiling windows.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Belle Meade Village's 1 Iris Lane condominiums The residences at Belle Meade Village are set to be spread out between two condominium buildings with 46 units each.
    — Molly Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Upgrade your lodgings by booking a room with a fireplaces or even a covered terrace.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Dylan was reportedly so wasted that the burly Von Schmidt had to carry him back to his lodgings.
    — Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Instead of lace-up flats, the actress opted for a pair of strappy Christian Louboutin pumps in a metallic shade that only augmented the warm tones of the Monse design.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • From transitional layers and cozy knits to some really good footwear—including Staud’s Wally boots and my favorite Mary Jane flats from Madewell—these are the kinds of staples worth investing in, especially while marked down for a limited time.
    — Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Instead, old-school Milanese glamour decorates every one of the 301 rooms and suites.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
  • These canny revolutionaries recognized that see-and-be-seen lobbies and buzzy bar-restaurants were just as important as the beds upstairs—though a few lavish suites still gave big spenders room to splurge.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Jet fuel burns as hot as kerosene — twice as hot as wood — and firefighters battle kerosene fires every day in the basements of tenements all over the city.
    — Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • No one wants to go back to the days of tenements and apartments with insufficient ventilation or light.
    — Michael Schill, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • 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 12 Oct. 2026.

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