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apartment

[uh-pahrt-muhnt] / əˈpɑrt mənt /


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The pervasive threat is a constant topic of conversation in a way that crime was when I was growing up: who had been mugged, whose apartment had been robbed, whose car had been stolen.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

She was found unresponsive at an apartment complex in Greenville, S.C., shortly before 2 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Many apartment buildings in the country have such facilities in their basements.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

They swapped their $2,500-a-month, two-bedroom apartment there for a $2,000-a-month, three-bedroom home in Georgia.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

As soon as we step into the apartment, I smell onions, garlic, tomato, spices.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

It would include 175 for-sale, three-story detached single-family homes; 189 rental apartments in a four-story building and 34 rent-restricted apartments in a four-story building.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Inside empty apartments, benchtops and windows are filmed with dust.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

In Paris in particular this summer, the steep temperatures turned apartments directly under iconic Haussmann-era buildings with zinc-covered roofs into virtual ovens.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Ji and his new wife, expecting a bigger bonus in the coming months, are now eyeing newer apartments with scenic views of Seoul’s Han River.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

And in these apartments there’s been nobody there to fight the kipple.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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