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
With its warm wood planking, plentiful resting areas, and plantings of long, waving grasses, the park, no matter how crowded, feels like a calm canyon snaking through crumbling tenements and monumental skyscrapers, offering occasional glimpses of the Hudson River beyond.
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News Desk, Artforum, 13 Mar. 2025
But most people were not under the care of a private physician, and tuberculosis surveillance was a way to ensure that the largely immigrant poor living in the tenement districts got referrals to clinics, nourishment and, if necessary, isolation.
—Amy Lauren Fairchild, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
Even at the height of the transparency fad, New York had plenty of old brick and stone left, of course, ranging in quality from rickety tenements to the 1880s triumphs of New York Romanesque, the Puck Building and the De Vinne Press Building, which combined delicacy and brawn.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Mar. 2025
Hamas massacre, the tenements in the West End were turned into rubble by the politicians and developers.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 13 Mar. 2025
But most people were not under the care of a private physician, and tuberculosis surveillance was a way to ensure that the largely immigrant poor living in the tenement districts got referrals to clinics, nourishment and, if necessary, isolation.
—Amy Lauren Fairchild, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
Even at the height of the transparency fad, New York had plenty of old brick and stone left, of course, ranging in quality from rickety tenements to the 1880s triumphs of New York Romanesque, the Puck Building and the De Vinne Press Building, which combined delicacy and brawn.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Mar. 2025
Hamas massacre, the tenements in the West End were turned into rubble by the politicians and developers.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenement
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Police said that last Thursday morning the two of them argued with Diaz’s fiancée in the couple’s Jackson Heights apartment near 32nd Ave. and 90th St. The couple appears to have recently broken up, prompting a dispute about getting back the 34-year-old victim’s ring.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2025
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In 2008, the death of a fashion designer in a Barcelona apartment would reveal one of the most cold and disturbing crimes in recent Spanish history.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
1 May 2025
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At a penthouse cocktail party in Austin the night before Natal Con began, the Collinses invited journalists to mingle with founders of gene editing and genetic engineering companies.—
Lisa Hagen,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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The rooms, which include two 1,570 square-foot penthouse suites and a more than 2,000 square-foot Presidential Suite, all sit between the 31st and 38th floors, offering breathtaking 360-degree views spanning all the way from Osaka Bay to the Hyogo mountaintops.—
Isabelle Kliger,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Tenement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenement. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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