efficiency apartment

noun

Definition of efficiency apartmentnext
as in studio apartment

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Recent Examples of efficiency apartment The former Sears building would be redeveloped into a local brewery, art gallery, event space, retail space, offices, and efficiency apartments. — Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 17 Dec. 2025 Rising costs of rent in Miami drove the Lopez family and other neighbors to begin renting out efficiency apartments connected to their trailers. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025 Listen to this article The owner of a low-cost motel near I-84 is looking to convert it into 65 efficiency apartments, the kind of repurposing that Connecticut housing advocates have been pushing for in the General Assembly. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2025 The firm has built 11 efficiency apartment buildings across the country. — Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for efficiency apartment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for efficiency apartment
  1. studio apartment
  2. garden apartment
  3. duplex apartment
  4. efficiency
  5. railroad flat
  6. condo
  7. granny flat
  8. penthouse
Noun
  • The development plan shows 30 studio apartments of 500 square feet, 106 one-bedroom units ranging from 635 to 916 square feet, and 40 two-bedroom models of 1,117 to 1,162 square feet.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026
  • While often used in kids’ rooms, loft beds also work well in adult spaces like guest rooms, studio apartments, and narrow homes.
    — Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of studio apartment
Noun
  • Pretty in Pink is one way to refer to this historic garden apartment—built in 1875.
    — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The result tees up a vote today by the full City Council, when aldermen could give a green light clearing the way for new garden apartments, attic-to-housing conversions and coach housing.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
Definition of garden apartment
Noun
  • Griffin also recently paid $38 million for a duplex apartment up the block from where Mamdani shot the video, according to the Wall Street Journal.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • After meeting his girlfriend, İlkay, the couple moved into a furnished two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom duplex apartment in the Kadıköy neighborhood of Istanbul.
    — Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025
Definition of duplex apartment
Noun
  • The balance between efficiency and pleasantness in doing business seems extremely hard to achieve.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Big banks—including JPMorgan, Citi, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America—are all investing heavily in AI to boost efficiency, and Bank of America is already pointing to measurable returns.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of efficiency
Noun
  • Their first place had been a railroad flat, four flights up, three avenues over on Columbus, amid the drug dealers and the prostitutes, the opera singers and the social workers, fine for newlyweds starting out.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
  • Shelton moved with her five kids to a railroad flat on Blake Street in Berkeley.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2022
Definition of railroad flat
Noun
  • Rubens Barrichello bought a unit at Colette Residences, a luxury condo building that has yet to break ground.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The condo was built in 2019 and has a living area of 1,622 square feet.
    — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of condo
Noun
  • Another would permit accessory dwelling units — commonly called granny flats, or ADUs — in backyards across the state.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2026
  • They've been called granny flats, carriage houses, or mother-in-law suites.
    — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 17 May 2026
Definition of granny flat
Noun
  • Both women lived in The Adelicia complex, with Swift buying a penthouse in 2009 and Panettiere moving into the building three years later.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 21 Aug. 2026
  • That figure grew only a few days ago when Petal launched in the penthouse.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of penthouse

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