as in apartment
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
an exhibit of pictures showing the tenements of the New York City neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen during the 1920s
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Recent Examples of tenement
Her husband is working full time again at a factory, but Mr. Trump’s plan to put a 46 percent tariff on imports from Vietnam hangs over their family, which lives in a row of concrete tenements on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City.
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Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Thoughtful packaging preserves their stability, while a gentle formulation helps deliver on the key tenements of glass skin: smoothness, clearness, and luminosity.
—Rosa Jisoo Pyo, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
His mother was my maternal grandfather’s second wife, and he was raised by my grandfather’s third wife, Rosie, in a tenement in Lawndale.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Several prostitutes rented tenements from the convent of St. Catherine, and Marguerite Busaffi, daughter of a prominent banker, owned a brothel in the city.
—Joelle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
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Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Thoughtful packaging preserves their stability, while a gentle formulation helps deliver on the key tenements of glass skin: smoothness, clearness, and luminosity.
—Rosa Jisoo Pyo, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
His mother was my maternal grandfather’s second wife, and he was raised by my grandfather’s third wife, Rosie, in a tenement in Lawndale.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Several prostitutes rented tenements from the convent of St. Catherine, and Marguerite Busaffi, daughter of a prominent banker, owned a brothel in the city.
—Joelle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tenement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenement
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Despite facing a real estate behemoth intent on clawing them out of their homes, tenants are fighting back and fundraising for the Chelsea Public Housing Legal Defense Fund to help desperate seniors stay in their apartments.—
Stacy Torres,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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The culinary space also serves as a bar, which maximizes the amount of entertainment area relative to the overall size of the apartment.—
Nicolas Milon,
Architectural Digest,
16 Aug. 2025
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Last month, his D.C. landlord filed a lawsuit seeking to evict him from his $20,833-a-month luxury penthouse.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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Once the penthouse was stripped bare, Baimakhan started on custom interiors for a young local family with three school-age children.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Tenement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenement. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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