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as in penthouse
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house
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as in room
an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall
the museum sets aside this large central apartment to display special exhibitions
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Recent Examples of apartment
Tina had free rein of the apartment and, like the rabbits who lived there before him, chewed through her bedding, the couch, and some of her clothes.
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Benji Jones, Vox, 24 Dec. 2024
The homicide happened Saturday outside an apartment in the 200 block of Hough Street.
—Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
As DeSanto recounted during our 2007 interview, Davis rushed his wife out of danger and then went back into the apartment to try and put the fire out.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
Another client, a couple from Williamsburg, snapped up a bright two-bedroom in Jackson Heights for $450,000, pushing further into the borough, where the apartments are larger, after finding the one-bedrooms in Sunnyside too small for their needs.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 23 Dec. 2024
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Benji Jones, Vox, 24 Dec. 2024
The homicide happened Saturday outside an apartment in the 200 block of Hough Street.
—Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
As DeSanto recounted during our 2007 interview, Davis rushed his wife out of danger and then went back into the apartment to try and put the fire out.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
Another client, a couple from Williamsburg, snapped up a bright two-bedroom in Jackson Heights for $450,000, pushing further into the borough, where the apartments are larger, after finding the one-bedrooms in Sunnyside too small for their needs.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartment
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Downtown Dubai’s elegant penthouses, the lush green Dubai Hills neighbourhood, and Palm Jumeirah properties including Shoreline Apartments and Golden Mile are just a few examples.Arash Jalili, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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The tower’s largest option are its two-bedroom penthouses that can sleep up to eight.Carly Caramanna, Parents, 17 Dec. 2024
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Well, there’s a room full of people, go and mingle.Marley Marius, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
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What's New The cargo ship Ursa Major, which sank in the Mediterranean Sea following an engine room explosion, is the latest incident that has raised questions about the seaworthiness of Russia's ships and deals another blow to its seagoing capabilities.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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In West Palm Beach, Fla., a new condominium community chose to feature a juice bar rather than a traditional bar on its amenity deck.Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Billions of dollars in luxury condominium towers are in the pre-sales, planning and construction pipeline.Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
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Say goodbye to the human driver and hello to 95 kilograms of computers and a whole suite of sensors.Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
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The hotel will add 40 new bedrooms, including two grand suites, four junior suites, eight deluxe rooms, and 26 classic double/twin rooms.Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2024
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Since Austen’s death in 1817, the cottage had been split into flats and fallen into disrepair, though Darnell was determined to save it.Cornelia Powers, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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Gabriel thought of his own mother, alone in her small flat.Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile Tateh and his daughter work their way through the tenements toward better lives, encountering the radical Emma Goldman (Shaina Taub, who’s come over from Suffs and reveals her own musical’s debt to Ragtime’s genre in the process) and eventually intersecting with everyone else.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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People were running toward my grandparents’ tenement.Al Pacino, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
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Wrapped in more than 18 windows, the city condo is blessed with an abundance of light, and its careful (and uber-luxe) renovation gleams with custom millwork.Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
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Surveillance video showed the two men leaving the condo of the defendant’s sister, Khazar Momeni, around 2 a.m. on April 4, 2023, and getting into Momeni’s BMW.Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartment. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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