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
More than half a million residents live in NYCHA development plagued by chronic mold, broken elevators, and heating failures; others reside in subpar tenements run by crooked landlords.
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Darius Jones, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
The weight of the rescue was not lost on a group gathered at a Lower East Side tenement late last month, when Rachelle Muraca, Cathy Guiga-Tubens and Carmine Guiga met Charles Williams for the very first time in New York City.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Fisk developed a modular system of constructing old tenement fronts to place at the face of buildings that’ve been modernized and power-washed over decades.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
There’s a row of five-story buildings off Fifth Avenue in Park Slope that seem to fit the neighborhood standard for prewar, working-class tenements — a central staircase divvying up ten dark railroad apartments.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2 Jan. 2026
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Darius Jones, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
The weight of the rescue was not lost on a group gathered at a Lower East Side tenement late last month, when Rachelle Muraca, Cathy Guiga-Tubens and Carmine Guiga met Charles Williams for the very first time in New York City.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Fisk developed a modular system of constructing old tenement fronts to place at the face of buildings that’ve been modernized and power-washed over decades.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
There’s a row of five-story buildings off Fifth Avenue in Park Slope that seem to fit the neighborhood standard for prewar, working-class tenements — a central staircase divvying up ten dark railroad apartments.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenement
Noun
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The official property listing leans into the rarity of the apartment’s layout and its position high above the city.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Li, who was found shot to death outside his apartment in San Gabriel, was Yan Wang's boyfriend at the time, according to the DA's Office.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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In total, 80 Clarkson will have just 112 residences, ranging from two-bedroom to sprawling seven-bedroom homes, with options that include duplexes, half floors, full floors, and penthouses.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
23 Mar. 2026
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Recently, the council approved a plan to demolish the Regal Edwards Big Newport theater, creating space for twin 22-story residential condos and penthouses.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Tenement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenement. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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