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
  • Then, the study used online rental marketplace Zumper to calculate the rent price and salary needed to afford a studio apartment in the city that was measured.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • As his 67th birthday arrived, Peter, who had already started putting some money together, planned on moving into a studio apartment.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 29 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
  • Click here for more photos of the N.Y.C. duplex apartment.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2025
  • 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
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
  • As technologies improve, conductive systems now achieve anywhere around 85-95% efficiency for both cars and trucks.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Essential, convenience and efficiency always win.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Álvarez, who owned a modest condo in Tampa and incorporated a company there in April 2017, gave an exclusive telephone interview from her jail in Colombia, proclaiming her innocence.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Click here for more photos of the Sierra Towers condo.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The second house, a duplex, features three bedrooms and three bathrooms in each unit.
    April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The extremely complex movement incorporates a special ruby duplex escapement and unites grande and petite sonnerie, alarm, and calendar functions.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Railroad flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroad%20flat. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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