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Recent Examples of skyscraper
What could be more exciting than the completion of Phoenix’s first skyscraper?
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Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The woman, who goes by Madi online, shared the clip, to her TikTok account @tiktakmadi on Friday, showing a thin layer of white clouds in the sky, revealing the shimmering skyscrapers, reflecting the pink light of the sunrise above the iconic city.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
In one image, Lower is seen leaning from a rooftop perch, a wall of skyscrapers behind her.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Dine and drink in the view from inside Michigan's tallest skyscraper.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The woman, who goes by Madi online, shared the clip, to her TikTok account @tiktakmadi on Friday, showing a thin layer of white clouds in the sky, revealing the shimmering skyscrapers, reflecting the pink light of the sunrise above the iconic city.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
In one image, Lower is seen leaning from a rooftop perch, a wall of skyscrapers behind her.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Dine and drink in the view from inside Michigan's tallest skyscraper.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyscraper
Noun
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Humanity, united by one language, settles on a plain in Shinar and begins constructing a tower to reach the heavens and make a name for themselves.—
John Fugelsang
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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The result is organized, accessible, and much sleeker than a leaning tower of battered cardboard.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At around the same time, a tall, college-aged man carrying a black backpack made his way up the stairwell of the nearby Losee Center, a four-story concrete building that houses the student welcome center, among other things.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Transistors, the fundamental building blocks of digital logic, are now being made just a few dozen atoms wide.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Traditional data lakes can store raw data at scale but lack quality controls, while warehouses enforce structure but struggle with unstructured or fast changing data.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Leaders who can diagnose feedback loops, surface mental models and align vision with structure will turn collaboration from aspiration into execution.—
Thomas Lim,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Skyscraper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyscraper. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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