railroad flat

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Recent Examples of railroad flat 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
  • This is a good option for studio apartment or dorm room-dwellers, or for people who typically cook one serving at a time.
    Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The rooms are longer and narrower than typical studio apartments, but each of them has a window since they are positioned around the perimeter of the building.
    Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The Secret Life of Pets actor also wanted to include a window in his shower because his favorite garden apartment in Chicago had that feature.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • From $151 per night. BOOK NOW Pink Paradise in New Orleans, Louisiana This historic garden apartment—built in 1875— is a stunner on the inside and out.
    Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The duplex apartment measures roughly 9,200 square feet with five bedrooms and six bathrooms.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Although she was born in Oakland, California, most of Harris’s early childhood was spent in a nondescript duplex apartment located above a day care facility in an area of West Berkeley known as the flatlands (her parents met as graduate students at UC Berkeley).
    Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 31 July 2024
Noun
  • The inn also offers two efficiency apartments for longer-term stays.
    Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Last fall, city officials put forward a plan for the local housing authority to take control of the remaining trust properties and operate them until they could be turned over to developers who would tear down and rebuild them as efficiency apartments for homeless residents.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Use it as a granny flat, a tiny lakehouse, or a detached studio or office.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Also known as granny flats, backyard tiny homes or in-law suites, ADUs are a growing trend in home building and renovation.
    Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • For example, a small business might value cost savings and efficiency, while a large corporation might prioritize scalability and long-term ROI.
    Ryan Dohrn, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Chick-fil-a does the robot Chick-fil-A is deploying robots at its Bay Center Foods facility to speed up lemon juice production, improve efficiency, and minimize waste.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Wagner also lost his house in the Woolsey Fire, and has been living in a condo while its replacement is under construction.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The man and his girlfriend rented a condo at the development, according to Germini.
    Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Eureka Recycling will continue to collect recycling for single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes and fourplex residential properties.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Some are sprawling cave suites cut into the soft stone, others are airy duplexes where your bed overlooks your private pool.
    Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024

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“Railroad flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroad%20flat. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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