railroad flat

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Recent Examples of railroad flat 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, 9 July 2025 The apartment’s railroad flat configuration is a plus. Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 July 2024 Shelton moved with her five kids to a railroad flat on Blake Street in Berkeley. Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2022 Shortly after Howe was born, in 1940, her family moved from Buffalo to a railroad flat near Harvard Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for railroad flat
Noun
  • Beyond the classic brick facade, 13 suites are designed like creative studio apartments—colorful, minimalist, and filled with art and objects by local artists (much of it for sale in the shop).
    Regan Stephens, AFAR Media, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Housing Commission oversaw the conversion of the property into studio apartments as well as owning and managing Pacific Village and administering federal rental assistance that supports the project’s residents.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Adding to the home’s flexibility, whether for extended family or live-in staff, there’s a three-bedroom garden apartment on the lower level with a private entry.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The duplex apartment occupies the top floors of a 19th-century carriage house that is hidden down a gated former horse passageway just off of New York's Times Square and has played a starring role in both film and TV.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Life on the outside Price now lives in a modest efficiency apartment in Milwaukee.
    Mario Koran, jsonline.com, 8 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
Noun
  • The move to expand the use of granny flats and other ADUs is long overdue.
    David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Their bipartisan bill will expand financing access for ADUs, which include backyard cottages, granny flats, in-law suites and similar units, also called tiny homes.
    Amelia Wu July 21, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • The 5-1 Tigers were gut-checked last Saturday in a 27-24 loss to Alabama, a game that raised concerns about Missouri’s third-down efficiency and left head coach Eli Drinkwitz searching for answers.
    Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Will this new offense sap some usage from Brunson but possibly increase efficiency?
    Stan Son, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Those former customers must now work with private haulers, which already handle trash pickup for businesses and larger apartment and condo complexes.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The $3 million project, however, is coming to an end as Wertenteil and Powders finally move into their master condo inside the eight-unit Capitol Hill home.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tucked within the Turnberry Ocean Club in Sunny Isles, the $30 million duplex sky villa was taken down to the studs and completely customized.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The automatic duplex printing feature saves both time and paper.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Railroad flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroad%20flat. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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