apartment building
noun
: a building containing separate residential apartments
called also apartment house
Examples of apartment building in a Sentence
We lived in an apartment building for several years before buying a house.
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Mondragon and Prudencio Diaz live in the same modern Mexico City apartment building, according to arrest reports from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
On Sunday morning, rescue workers in Kyiv amassed outside one of the apartment buildings struck in the attack.
—arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2025
The apartment building is slated to be seven stories along with an underground parking area, documents on file with San Jose city planners show.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
Troubled history The property has been at the center of controversy for the last year, after tenants started raising red flags last spring about living conditions at the apartment building.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
On Sunday morning, rescue workers in Kyiv amassed outside one of the apartment buildings struck in the attack.
—arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2025
The apartment building is slated to be seven stories along with an underground parking area, documents on file with San Jose city planners show.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
Troubled history The property has been at the center of controversy for the last year, after tenants started raising red flags last spring about living conditions at the apartment building.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for apartment building
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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment%20building. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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