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
Thoughtful packaging preserves their stability, while a gentle formulation helps deliver on the key tenements of glass skin: smoothness, clearness, and luminosity.
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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
Ng writes of growing up among these bachelors, who spend their days drifting around the crowded tenements of Chinatown.
—Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
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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
Ng writes of growing up among these bachelors, who spend their days drifting around the crowded tenements of Chinatown.
—Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenement
Noun
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Pets belonging to people who are deported or flee are being left in empty apartments, dumped into the laps of unprepared friends and dropped off at overcrowded shelters, The Times found.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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But one apartment on the first floor has a bad odor that emanates from it when walking past the door.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
12 July 2025
Noun
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The guest rooms offer private balconies, while penthouse suites include up to three bedrooms and large private terraces.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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The three-bedroom Nashville penthouse is near the heart of Music Row.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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“Tenement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenement. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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