as in studio apartment
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Recent Examples of railroad flat
The apartment’s railroad flat configuration is a plus.
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Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 July 2024
Shelton moved with her five kids to a railroad flat on Blake Street in Berkeley.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2022
Shortly after Howe was born, in 1940, her family moved from Buffalo to a railroad flat near Harvard Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
—Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 July 2024
Shelton moved with her five kids to a railroad flat on Blake Street in Berkeley.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2022
Shortly after Howe was born, in 1940, her family moved from Buffalo to a railroad flat near Harvard Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
—Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for railroad flat
- studio apartment
- garden apartment
- duplex apartment
- efficiency apartment
- granny flat
- efficiency
- condo
- duplex
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Without a lawn or porch, living in a tiny home would be like living in a very cramped New York City studio apartment.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2025
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But after a few years there, the punk front man moved about a ten-minute walk away into a studio apartment at 115 East 9th Street, a 20-story postwar high-rise.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Secret Life of Pets actor also wanted to include a window in his shower because his favorite garden apartment in Chicago had that feature.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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From $151 per night. BOOK NOW Pink Paradise in New Orleans, Louisiana This historic garden apartment—built in 1875— is a stunner on the inside and out.—
Kristi Kellogg,
Architectural Digest,
21 Oct. 2024
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The duplex apartment measures roughly 9,200 square feet with five bedrooms and six bathrooms.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2024
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Pascal Chevallier Her duplex apartment, in the haut-monde 16th arrondissement, delights in a similar mix of bourgeois deference to French classicism and pleasure-seeking quirk.—
Ellie Pithers,
Vogue,
31 July 2024
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The firm has built 11 efficiency apartment buildings across the country.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2025
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The inn also offers two efficiency apartments for longer-term stays.—
Korrin Bishop,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2024
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While the current legislation says that local governments can allow granny flats—independent living spaces added to homes or properties—new bills making their way to the state's chambers could require them to do so.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Catch up quick: Casitas are tiny homes behind larger houses that can be rented out or occupied by family (leading to their other names — in-law suites and granny flats).—
Megan Stringer,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Knights struggled to maintain their early efficiency with Prince avoiding foul trouble in the second half.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Mar. 2025
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This significantly lowers the barrier for cyberattacks and increases the speed and efficiency of data theft—sometimes in minutes, before security teams even detect an intrusion. 3.—
Keren Katz,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Homeowner associations and condos often allow contractors on common areas, such as pond shorelines, Portuallo said.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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Related Group is one of the largest and most prominent developers in the U.S., spanning affordable housing to luxury condo buildings, mainly in South Florida.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
21 Mar. 2025
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The additional single-family homes would sit on roughly 10 acres on the east side of the overall development and would be built in a second phase, after the original 62 duplexes and three-plexes, which have received final plat approval and are awaiting building permits.—
Marcus Dorsey,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Mar. 2025
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While the county isn’t seeing immediate growth, Endicott said that there’s 1,752 residential building permits for single family, duplex, triplex and four-plex developments.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Railroad flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroad%20flat. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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