Thesaurus results for SKYSCRAPERS

skyscrapers

noun

plural of skyscraper

as in towers

a very tall building in a city

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Recent Examples of skyscrapers Finally, Angel Martinez captured this gorgeous shot of the eclipsed Sturgeon Moon setting behind a cluster of skyscrapers in Madrid, Spain, as atmospheric effects distorted the true color and outline of the lunar disk. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The team built a mini-Los Angeles based on the live-action footage, including skyscrapers and an overpass. — ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 The invention of steel permitted the rise of skyscrapers, the automobile inspired highway systems and the internet gave rise to a whole new set of digital spaces. — George C. Lee Ii, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 The drones will primarily fly in the suburbs well away from skyscrapers and major airports that could cause problems. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 The San Fernando Valley is starting a project to build skyscrapers filled with affordable housing for seniors. — Hunter Sowards, CBS News, 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 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 Miami billionaire Ken Griffin’s plans to build one of Manhattan’s tallest skyscrapers are moving forward, with a Virginia steelmaker preparing to process 50,000 tons of structural steel for the massive project. — Luisa Yanez august 17, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026

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Eventually, the company may build as many as a dozen Starship launch towers at the location.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
To do that, construction crews bolstered the temple’s thick granite walls with vertical cables running from the towers to its base.

— Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

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Almost 50 homes and other structures have been destroyed so far; there have been several injuries, and one of Tibbetts’s neighbors lost 20 German shepherds.

— Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
These proposals, many times rooted in sympathy and love, were presented as alternatives to the political structures and market logic that had so often led to war, exploitation, hopelessness, and suffering.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

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