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Recent Examples of skyscrapers
Featuring the works of artist Michael Storrings, the puzzle artfully depicts a snowy winter scene in New York City, complete with the subway line, skyscrapers, bright yellow taxis, storefronts, and of course, pedestrians strolling the streets.
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Tall skyscrapers can hold significantly more people on a small footprint, so why not apply that thinking to solar panels as well?
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
Over the decades, luxury apartments and gleaming skyscrapers rose around the restaurant as Phoenix’s downtown developed.
—Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
This isn’t about skyscrapers on the beach.
—Harry Bubbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
More skyscrapers up to 700 feet tall were cleared to be built downtown with the approval of a contentious zoning plan by the Boston Zoning Commission.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Taiwan’s island of Kinmen lies 3 miles from China’s port city of Xiamen, whose glittering skyscrapers loom through the sea fog.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Like the towering, glittery skyscrapers that could be seen Monday night from the 65th floor of the Rainbow Room in Midtown Manhattan, the fashion life can look impressive from the outside.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Its 392-foot tower, said to be the tallest church edifice in the United States, offers spectacular views from its perch on a hill at 122nd Street, overlooking the Hudson River to the west, skyscrapers to the south, and the sprawling expanse of Harlem and the South Bronx to the north and east.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Tall skyscrapers can hold significantly more people on a small footprint, so why not apply that thinking to solar panels as well?
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
Over the decades, luxury apartments and gleaming skyscrapers rose around the restaurant as Phoenix’s downtown developed.
—Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
This isn’t about skyscrapers on the beach.
—Harry Bubbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
More skyscrapers up to 700 feet tall were cleared to be built downtown with the approval of a contentious zoning plan by the Boston Zoning Commission.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Taiwan’s island of Kinmen lies 3 miles from China’s port city of Xiamen, whose glittering skyscrapers loom through the sea fog.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Like the towering, glittery skyscrapers that could be seen Monday night from the 65th floor of the Rainbow Room in Midtown Manhattan, the fashion life can look impressive from the outside.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Its 392-foot tower, said to be the tallest church edifice in the United States, offers spectacular views from its perch on a hill at 122nd Street, overlooking the Hudson River to the west, skyscrapers to the south, and the sprawling expanse of Harlem and the South Bronx to the north and east.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyscrapers
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Local resident Lee Needham also told the BBC that the crash site was close to houses, train tracks, industrial units and electrical towers.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Some services excel when you’re parked near cell towers, while others are designed to reach deep into national forests and rural terrain.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This aerial picture shows floodwaters inundating streets and buildings in Hoi An on Thursday.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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Minor beach erosion may damage coastal properties and buildings.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The restructuring brings in regional chiefs and supervisors normally stationed at the nation's borders to carry out immigration arrests inside the country, a move representing a departure from traditional immigration enforcement structures.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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And the same behaviors and structures that have held back board diversity elsewhere apply in AI.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Skyscrapers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyscrapers. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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