as in apartments
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
had to take on a third roommate in order to afford the bigger flat
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Recent Examples of flats
Our picks include easy sandals, work-friendly loafers, comfy sneakers, and stylish flats.
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Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
There are sneaker-heads, those with an enviable collection of loafers or flats, and others (like me) who love to walk around in a clog.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
In January, another developer, Citizens Building a Better Community, broke ground on seven two-flats in North Lawndale, part of the same mission.
—Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, ballet flats and loafers add a smart-casual touch that elevates even the simplest shorts.
—René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2026
From Bad Bunny in a Dries Van Noten pair at the Happy Gilmore 2 premiere, to Harry Styles wearing pastel green Dior flats at the Grammys, or a black Chanel pair at the Brits, some of menswear’s most prominent style icons are sporting the style of late.
—Jack Stanley, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2026
The green shoots that rise from the soil under Perry Cabot’s cultivation look a little different from the standard, brushy bunches of alfalfa and other cattle forage crops growing on the flats here north of the Colorado River.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Keep scrolling to shop more ballet sneaker flats for spring now.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
This romantic number takes design direction from a field of blooming cornflowers and is a pitch-perfect match for ballet flats, a treasured pair of kitten heels, or even sturdy and dependable white sneakers — looking flawless in each and every context.
—Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 15 Mar. 2025
Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
There are sneaker-heads, those with an enviable collection of loafers or flats, and others (like me) who love to walk around in a clog.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
In January, another developer, Citizens Building a Better Community, broke ground on seven two-flats in North Lawndale, part of the same mission.
—Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, ballet flats and loafers add a smart-casual touch that elevates even the simplest shorts.
—René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2026
From Bad Bunny in a Dries Van Noten pair at the Happy Gilmore 2 premiere, to Harry Styles wearing pastel green Dior flats at the Grammys, or a black Chanel pair at the Brits, some of menswear’s most prominent style icons are sporting the style of late.
—Jack Stanley, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2026
The green shoots that rise from the soil under Perry Cabot’s cultivation look a little different from the standard, brushy bunches of alfalfa and other cattle forage crops growing on the flats here north of the Colorado River.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Keep scrolling to shop more ballet sneaker flats for spring now.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
This romantic number takes design direction from a field of blooming cornflowers and is a pitch-perfect match for ballet flats, a treasured pair of kitten heels, or even sturdy and dependable white sneakers — looking flawless in each and every context.
—Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 15 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flats
apartments
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Cheshire and Simsbury at various times have stopped work on Vessel projects in their towns, and the state Department of Administrative Services last year gave Vessel a lot of concerns about the company’s nearly complete Rocky Hill apartments.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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The assistant property manager of the Temple Crossings apartments told CBS News Philadelphia the restaurant had a grand opening earlier this year but closed because the owners, a married couple, had a baby.—
Matt Cavallo,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Flats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flats. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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