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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
The lawsuit says Pickles was driving in an apartment complex one morning when officers in an unmarked car tried to pull him over.
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Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2025
The sprawling apartment complex, home to dozens of immigrant families from Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, and Central America, was on lockdown.
—Juan Peña, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
The project includes 78 luxury apartment units in the 115,000-square-foot, four-story building designed byRinka Architects.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
There are houses of all kinds, ranging from the two story, four nest apartment houses to the outdoor shelters for the robins, which never go inside a house.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2025
The sprawling apartment complex, home to dozens of immigrant families from Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, and Central America, was on lockdown.
—Juan Peña, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
The project includes 78 luxury apartment units in the 115,000-square-foot, four-story building designed byRinka Architects.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
There are houses of all kinds, ranging from the two story, four nest apartment houses to the outdoor shelters for the robins, which never go inside a house.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartment
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In the clip, which instantly went viral, Drake spots a drone flying in the balcony of his Sydney penthouse, located in the luxurious Crown Towers hotel.—
Dimitar 'Mix' Mihov,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Fortis expected to sell the 80 units for anywhere from $1.2 million to over $18 million for its penthouse listings.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Feb. 2025
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The Pats simultaneously preserved tens of millions of dollars in cap room with the intention of rolling it over into this offseason.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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During serious budget talks or summits with governors or other legislative leaders, Madigan was often viewed as the adult in the room, especially in his latter years as speaker.—
Megan Crepeau,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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But Costanzo used the money toward a down payment on a condominium purchase, the indictment says.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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On a windswept waterfront lot in West Palm Beach last April, billionaire real estate developer Stephen Ross stood behind a lectern to tout his company’s new South Flagler House, a high-end, luxury condominium project with 108 units housed in two 28-story towers.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2025
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From the entry of their south-facing unit, a hallway leads past the kitchen to the living room and dining room and then to a guest-bedroom suite and laundry area.—
Christine Davis,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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The company’s work to move CNN to streaming may be rendered more complex by moves at the news operation itself, which has committed to launch a new suite of products for digital and mobile users.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2025
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Wind was blowing onto the flat from the open water of El Salto, which stretches across 25,000 acres in western Mexico near Mazatlán.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
12 Feb. 2025
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The presentation, which marked the brand’s first NYFW show since 2018, saw Kendall wearing a pinstripe coat with square-toe slingback flats and a pair of gold aviator glasses.—
Marissa Muller,
WWD,
8 Feb. 2025
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Immigrant Irish, Italians, Greeks, Russians, Poles, Albanians, Lebanese, Lithuanians, Jews and Blacks all lived together in relative harmony in brick tenement buildings, not unlike the structures today on the Cambridge Street side of Beacon Hill.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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Lawmakers restricted livestock in tenements and ordered manure to be cleaned up from yards and vacant lots.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
30 Jan. 2025
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The firm creates dream kitchens, party-ready lounges, and serene primary suites in all types of homes, from condos to lake houses.—
Dan Howarth,
Architectural Digest,
25 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, Legion acquired 8-12 West 14th Street with plans to replace the existing office building with a new condo development.—
Shimon Shkury,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartment. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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