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skyscrapers

noun

plural of skyscraper
as in towers
a very tall building in a city

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Recent Examples of skyscrapers Amenities and experiences The hotel’s main attraction is its rooftop pool and lounge, which, though a bit small, is nicely outfitted with couches, high top tables and wicker chairs and offers views of surrounding skyscrapers and Biscayne Bay. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026 The more than 800,000 structures are mostly made out of light balsa wood, from Manhattan's towering skyscrapers to the humble single-family homes in Queens and landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty, Yankee Stadium and the Brooklyn Bridge. — CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 If approved, Jefferson-First Union Tower would be the first historic landmark out of Charlotte’s first cohort of skyscrapers. — Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2026 The disbelief at billowing black smoke from a gash in the Pentagon and collapsing skyscrapers of steel, the dread over what attacks might yet come, the hope that people might be pulled from the rubble alive. — Ann Gerhart, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026 Would large city centers with now-vulnerable skyscrapers become obsolete? — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026 The modern cityscape of Tel Aviv, with its gleaming skyscrapers, its huge and well-lit residential buildings, looms over the picture, both as a haunting background and as telling cutaways. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026 On Sunday morning, great clouds covered the tops of the city’s tallest skyscrapers, but the weather cleared up while the mother and daughter cruised together as participants in Bike the Drive. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 On September 11, 2001, both Fox News Channel personalities were working on air as news organizations throughout the New York area were trying to cover devastating attacks by terrorists on the two massive skyscrapers at the World Trade Center. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyscrapers
  1. towers
  2. buildings
  3. structures
Noun
  • David Greene was a bravura visualist, using expensive helicopter shots to capture us running through Central Park’s Sheep Meadow and dancing atop one of the World Trade Center towers.
    — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The accounting giant recently debuted its new 102,000-square-foot office at Ten Twenty Spring in Midtown, occupying three floors in one of the city’s newest workplace towers.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of towers
Noun
  • While covering the accident live from above, NBC’s NewsChopper4 went down between two commercial buildings nearby, killing one pedestrian, helicopter pilot George Marciniw, and aerial photojournalist Eliana Moreno.
    — Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Unobstructed by high buildings, as would be the case in places like New York, their levitating forms also define the experience from above as much as from below.
    — Sam Lubell, Curbed, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of buildings
Noun
  • The horse was found amid structures and artifacts that have revealed more details of military and daily life inside ancient Egyptian fortresses, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a Wednesday statement.
    — Ahmed Shawkat, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Laws used to criminalize dissent remain in force, intelligence and security agencies retain essentially the same structures and practices, and authorities have taken no steps to disarm or dismantle the colectivos.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of structures

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“Skyscrapers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyscrapers. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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