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 But Heder and the production team made a point of showing all of those, not just the stairs crafted to enter buildings, but putting the wheelchair-using cast in actual wheelchairs from the 1970s. — Kristen Lopez, IndieWire, 2 Nov. 2026 Spanning more than 8,000 square feet over four levels, the new Seoul flagship draws on the area’s industrial heritage and historic brick buildings. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026 The company acquired wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar last year and recently purchased a portfolio of low-band spectrum licenses that could allow Starlink Mobile’s signal to penetrate buildings. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2026 Both work at a plant that manufactures trackside buildings for railroads. — Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026 Products like electric appliances are one way to address the significant amount of pollution driving climate change that comes from cooking, heating and cooling living spaces and providing hot water in buildings. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026 Riga, with its pre-Revolutionary buildings and rows of Soviet-era prefab housing blocks, provided a rather faithful replica of Russia. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026 During a ceasefire, a man on a bicycle rides past residential buildings previously damaged by Russian strikes on October 28, 2026 in Kherson, Ukraine. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026 In the port city of Mokha, residents said rockets hit several buildings, including a hospital. — Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buildings
  1. structures
  2. houses
  3. edifices
Noun
  • Across bat species, 9 percent are known so far to have odor-producing glands and other structures, but research on this is sparse, according to a 2021 paper in Mammal Review co-authored by Page.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
  • By recreating this function in artificial structures, the team aims to separate lithium without relying on conventional extraction methods that can consume substantial energy and produce chemical waste.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of structures
Noun
  • These are houses that agents have secured listing contracts but aren’t ready to be seen by the public.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Publishing houses have tried to crack down on AI usage by authors, inserting strict clauses into book deals and leaning on Pangram to vet manuscripts.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of houses
Noun
  • In this square was a century-old courthouse, and surrounding that, a Woolworth’s, department stores and mining company offices whose names are still chiseled into stone edifices.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Tea & Coffee Piazza was essentially architecture in miniature, translating the vocabulary of buildings into household objects that echoed the postmodern edifices it was so obviously bought for.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of edifices

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“Buildings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buildings. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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