Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flophouses
Noun
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The lodge has 24 rooms, including eight two-bedroom suites that can accommodate up to six people.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026 -
No alternative plans for the tower have emerged in the years that followed, even as former office space is being converted into apartments and is increasingly seen as ripe for much-need hotel rooms.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There are three-bedrooms, including penthouses, which start around $5,800 a month.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Dec. 2025
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At Villa Valencia, the three penthouses — including an entire top-floor unit marketed at a price of $15 million — were either unsold, unfinished or both, preventing Kapoor from paying out antsy investors.—
Sarah Blaskey,
Miami Herald,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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There’s a row of five-story buildings off Fifth Avenue in Park Slope that seem to fit the neighborhood standard for prewar, working-class tenements — a central staircase divvying up ten dark railroad apartments.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
2 Jan. 2026
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The grotty tenements of the Lower East Side — and the distinct fashion within — is as much of a character in A24’s drama as the eponymous ping pong player himself.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
27 Dec. 2025
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Google cofounder Larry Page has quietly—or loudly—joined the billionaire exodus from California, shifting businesses east and dropping about $173 million on two ultra-luxury waterfront mansions in Miami’s Coconut Grove in a move that looks strikingly similar to Jeff Bezos’ relocation playbook.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Known for its Gilded Age mansions, deep maritime roots, and rugged Atlantic shoreline, Newport has long been one of New England’s signature coastal escapes.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Jan. 2026
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City officials voted in 2022 to replace the mall with a housing, apartments, restaurants, hotels and more, but there was no timetable for when that project would be completed.—
Lesley Marin,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Flamingo Village offers apartments and townhomes for rent.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Flophouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flophouses. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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