buildings

noun

plural of building
as in structures
something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity English class will be in that big stone building over there

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Recent Examples of buildings Developers, meanwhile, have made off with nearly all the old parking garages, odd lots, and historic buildings that haven’t yet been claimed by hedge funders like Steve Cohen. — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2026 Kids were spray-painting impressive murals on the sides of buildings and the bodies of subway cars. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 Langkilde said the radar is detecting the lowest portions of the walls and foundations, which were made with large boulders that were often left in place when medieval buildings were torn down. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026 And this brings us back to those three New York City buildings – the morgue, the hospital, the courthouse. — Mike Kelly, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026 Principal Andrew Kearl said work went into making sure the school, which has nearly 1,400 students, felt warm rather than sterile, the way new buildings sometimes can. — Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026 The department requested the city’s City Planning and dangerous buildings staffs to assess the structure. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2026 In West Hartford, the company hopes to build two five-story buildings with a total of 120 apartments. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026 According to data from Zillow, property values in the area have increased 36% since 2020 and, in 2025, the stretch of Broadway where Cerny and Nelson’s shop is located was upzoned to allow for taller, denser buildings. — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buildings
  1. structures
  2. houses
  3. edifices
Noun
  • The technology enables the scanning of objects to create thousands of X-rays, resulting in 3D renderings that can peer inside structures without damaging specimens — such as the inside of a snake’s tail.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The new village structures, arrayed in an arc facing the water, feel comfortable and modern, and the architecture and design is heavily influenced by the islands.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of structures
Noun
  • An aerial view of houses surrounded by mud, rocks and debris following flash floods on September 03, 2026 in Betravati village, Rasuwa, Nepal.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The funding is handled by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, which reports that 91% of buyers acquire one-family houses or condos, and that the average age of a recipient is 34.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of houses
Noun
  • Over time, however, some intrepid people moved into the ruins of these edifices, setting up tents on the concrete floors, using bed sheets as walls, cooking on makeshift stoves.
    — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The 1963 demolition of the original Penn Station, one of the great 20th century American edifices, was a ghastly mistake that New York has lived with and tried to correct for six decades.
    — Andy Byford, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
Definition of edifices

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“Buildings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buildings. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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