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
In addition to using it for course work, hundreds of students have checked the collection and map to view the buildings from their own villages.
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JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2025
The derelict Toronto Postal Service Centre, now Scotiabank Arena, was on the eastern end of Bremner Boulevard, the street that connects the two buildings.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Care must also be taken not to trap flightless young bats in buildings.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
The central government has largely driven Al-Shabaab out of urban centers, enabling an economic resurgence, particularly in Mogadishu, where new high-rise buildings are sprouting across the capital.
—Omar S Mahmood, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
To build the new housing, Arrow Street Development plans to demolish about a half-dozen buildings including multiple old single-family homes and commercial structures.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
Grocery stores near federal buildings are already experiencing less foot traffic.
—NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Purposefully impeding access to federal buildings and law enforcement is dangerous and is not peacefully protesting.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Bonds ask for a specific dollar amount and can be used for capital expenditures such as new schools and facility buildings, technology infrastructure, safety improvements, school buses and equipment.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2025
The derelict Toronto Postal Service Centre, now Scotiabank Arena, was on the eastern end of Bremner Boulevard, the street that connects the two buildings.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Care must also be taken not to trap flightless young bats in buildings.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
The central government has largely driven Al-Shabaab out of urban centers, enabling an economic resurgence, particularly in Mogadishu, where new high-rise buildings are sprouting across the capital.
—Omar S Mahmood, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
To build the new housing, Arrow Street Development plans to demolish about a half-dozen buildings including multiple old single-family homes and commercial structures.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
Grocery stores near federal buildings are already experiencing less foot traffic.
—NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Purposefully impeding access to federal buildings and law enforcement is dangerous and is not peacefully protesting.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Bonds ask for a specific dollar amount and can be used for capital expenditures such as new schools and facility buildings, technology infrastructure, safety improvements, school buses and equipment.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buildings
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Zebra mussels can completely clog water intake structures and affect public water supplies, power generation and many other industries.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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Look to 19th Century France At the same time, many French men and women believed that the end of the Terror and the creation of new governmental structures offered the possibility for political stability and social reconciliation.—
Time,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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Along with Evans, the speakers of the Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina houses of representatives also signed onto the letter asking for help from Congress to help the forestry industry in their respective states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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Awards will include the Tokyo Projects Award, worth $13,300 (JPY2M), selected by an industry jury; the Asian Gen‑Z Award, worth $3,300 (JPY500,000), chosen by a committee of Gen-Z film students; as well as in-kind awards from leading Asian post-production houses White Light and Kongchak.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
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Non-Orientable Nkansa, 2017, one of his earliest large-scale installations, announced his dedication to monumental assemblages that fixate on negligence and crumbling edifices.—
Edna Bonhomme,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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The three connected edifices form a delightful maze of spaces, with stairways and corridors linking the buildings, and six different elevators serving the six floors.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Buildings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buildings. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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