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Recent Examples of skyscrapers
At 1,513 feet tall, Landmark 81 is the tallest building in Vietnam and one of Southeast Asia’s most recognizable skyscrapers.
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Nathalie Nietzsche-Knappe, Architectural Digest, 7 Apr. 2026
As high-rise apartments and office skyscrapers have sprouted around All Saints’, church leaders are considering a sweeping renovation for its one-block campus, which houses century-old Gothic Revival buildings.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Today it’s called the Golden Ring and promises a four-star experience with views of uninhabited skyscrapers.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Gary Hershorn captured those same skyscrapers as the moon passed behind the spire of the Empire State Building from Union City, New Jersey, revealing more of the urban skyline as artificial and natural light teamed up to illuminate the night.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
The two-story, Italianate-style structure had a proud history, though, dating to the mid-1800s when all of downtown was of a similar scale, before the era of skyscrapers.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
Parks turned into deserts, great skyscrapers leveled by blows from the tails of the monsters, and the entire population threatened in the panic and pestilence that followed the invasion.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
An intrepid British explorer, Peter MacNab, led the first team through this epic underworld of caverns the height of skyscrapers.
—Nicole Young, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Metro Denver continues to struggle with a huge surplus of office space, especially downtown, where the vacancy rate is approaching 40% and empty skyscrapers are selling for pennies on the dollar.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026
Nathalie Nietzsche-Knappe, Architectural Digest, 7 Apr. 2026
As high-rise apartments and office skyscrapers have sprouted around All Saints’, church leaders are considering a sweeping renovation for its one-block campus, which houses century-old Gothic Revival buildings.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Today it’s called the Golden Ring and promises a four-star experience with views of uninhabited skyscrapers.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Gary Hershorn captured those same skyscrapers as the moon passed behind the spire of the Empire State Building from Union City, New Jersey, revealing more of the urban skyline as artificial and natural light teamed up to illuminate the night.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
The two-story, Italianate-style structure had a proud history, though, dating to the mid-1800s when all of downtown was of a similar scale, before the era of skyscrapers.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
Parks turned into deserts, great skyscrapers leveled by blows from the tails of the monsters, and the entire population threatened in the panic and pestilence that followed the invasion.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
An intrepid British explorer, Peter MacNab, led the first team through this epic underworld of caverns the height of skyscrapers.
—Nicole Young, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Metro Denver continues to struggle with a huge surplus of office space, especially downtown, where the vacancy rate is approaching 40% and empty skyscrapers are selling for pennies on the dollar.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyscrapers
Noun
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The playground would be the envy of children anywhere; Stratton, a father of two, pointed out a water park, a climbing wall, and rope climbing towers.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Green got down on one knee on a stage covered with white curtains and flanked by two tall towers of lush white flowers.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Strict regulations required the new buildings to follow the exact blueprint of the original layout, so bungalows, villas and residences are scattered between lush gardens and the shoreline.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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An asteroid the size of a house exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk with the force of 440,000 tons of TNT, damaging buildings and injuring more than 1,600 people, according to NASA.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Steel piers replaced wooden structures, and rigs reached farther from shore.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Skyscrapers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyscrapers. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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