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 novels always burst with a rich historical vibrancy, but The Gilded Heiress in particular brings to life the streets and tenements of the Gilded Age, as well as the burgeoning success of Broadway as industry.
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EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The options are unpleasant tenements on one side and unaffordable houses on the other.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
The Under One Roof tour introduces visitors to a Jewish family and an Italian family who both resided at 97 Orchard Street, a five-story tenement building, at the turn of the 20th century.
—Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 17 July 2025
Carter and his retinue surveyed the husks of vacant tenements and eight-foot heaps of bulldozed bricks.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The options are unpleasant tenements on one side and unaffordable houses on the other.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
The Under One Roof tour introduces visitors to a Jewish family and an Italian family who both resided at 97 Orchard Street, a five-story tenement building, at the turn of the 20th century.
—Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 17 July 2025
Carter and his retinue surveyed the husks of vacant tenements and eight-foot heaps of bulldozed bricks.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenement
Noun
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Residents sifted through the wreckage of an apartment block after their windows were blown in by the force of a blast.—
Pavel Polityuk,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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Nationwide, new apartment construction is set to top 500,000 by the end of 2025.—
David McMillin,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Near the penthouse level, a balcony stretches across the building, offering a swimming pool and a vertiginous view of the city.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Click here for more images of the Abu Dhabi penthouse.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Tenement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenement. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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