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Recent Examples of skyscrapers
Chicago's oldest skyscrapers are now dwarfed by new ones, but the world still comes to see the city's towering achievements.
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Noel Brennan, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
Skiers and snowboarders flew in front of a tableau of skyscrapers and an out-of-commission smokestack.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Oceanwide Holdings also planned to build two skyscrapers in San Francisco’s Financial District, but construction halted in 2020 after the company ran out of money, the San Francisco Chronicle has reported.
—Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
The cupola of the building, which boasts sweeping views of the Hudson, Midtown skyscrapers and the city’s bridges, will be renovated, fitted with glass barriers and opened for tours by June, Mamdani said.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2026
The neighborhood sprawls for many blocks, a world apart from the skyscrapers of downtown.
—John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
The shiny, new over-the-highway park in the middle of downtown’s skyscrapers is as worth a visit as the thousand lakeside acres at White Rock.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
Alex Honnold successfully scaled one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers on Saturday without a rope — so what kind of audience did the risky live event attract?
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026
Professional climber Alex Honnald's live-on-Netflix climb of Taipei 101, one of the world's tallest skyscrapers, has been rescheduled due to weather, Netflix announced Friday night.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 24 Jan. 2026
Noel Brennan, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
Skiers and snowboarders flew in front of a tableau of skyscrapers and an out-of-commission smokestack.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Oceanwide Holdings also planned to build two skyscrapers in San Francisco’s Financial District, but construction halted in 2020 after the company ran out of money, the San Francisco Chronicle has reported.
—Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
The cupola of the building, which boasts sweeping views of the Hudson, Midtown skyscrapers and the city’s bridges, will be renovated, fitted with glass barriers and opened for tours by June, Mamdani said.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2026
The neighborhood sprawls for many blocks, a world apart from the skyscrapers of downtown.
—John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
The shiny, new over-the-highway park in the middle of downtown’s skyscrapers is as worth a visit as the thousand lakeside acres at White Rock.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
Alex Honnold successfully scaled one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers on Saturday without a rope — so what kind of audience did the risky live event attract?
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026
Professional climber Alex Honnald's live-on-Netflix climb of Taipei 101, one of the world's tallest skyscrapers, has been rescheduled due to weather, Netflix announced Friday night.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 24 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyscrapers
Noun
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Building new office towers was a nonstarter in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, when Atlanta was flooded with unwanted workspace.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Our first stop was the cemetery of Penpont Church, a handsome Gothic Revival building with a spire that towers a hundred and twenty feet over the village.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And Hanceville’s fate is as murky as the fog that pours in at night, blotting out buildings and blackening the road ahead.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Amid icy conditions in Kyiv, more than 1,200 residential buildings in multiple districts of the capital have had no heating for days due to the Russian bombardment of the power grid, according to Zelenskyy.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Bonaire Resort-style Cabin Kit Robin Pekkala, an Allwood Outlet brand representative, told Travel + Leisure to think of the structures as additional space outside of your home that can be transformed into a guest cottage, pool house, art studio, yoga room, home office space, or even a music studio.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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Laguna Beach city leaders are mulling a proposal that would ban large pop-up shade structures on the sand to protect the safety of beachgoers.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Skyscrapers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyscrapers. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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