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skyscraper

noun

Definition of skyscraper

as in tower

a very tall building in a city

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Recent Examples of skyscraper With no explanation, a tidal wave as tall as a skyscraper envelops a city. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026 The other track, Neo Yokohama, is a lot longer, more complex, and stylistically on the other end of the spectrum, set in a city with towering skyscrapers at night. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 19 Aug. 2026 London’s tallest skyscraper, The Shard, also afforded some pretty incredible—and much more dizzying—views for this photographer to shoot. — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026 On that terrible day, millions of Americans witnessed airplanes flying into buildings, people jumping off skyscrapers, and the Twin Towers collapsing with thousands of innocents inside. — Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for skyscraper

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Reaching it means climbing down the tower steps and padding past other guests’s doors late at night.

— Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
The tower would be built on a two-acre portion of the site that includes the church’s parking lot.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026

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Audiences embraced the films for their creeping realism and slow-building scares, which transformed ordinary bedrooms, hallways and home security cameras into places where something terrifying might be lurking just outside the frame.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
The early releases are only affecting schools and buildings without air conditioning.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

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