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skyscraper

noun as in tall building

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“She was as long as a seventy-three-story skyscraper on its side.”

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Lu, a 28-year-old tour guide, said most of the skyscrapers were built in his lifetime.

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A new glass-walled "jewel like" tall building is set to join the skyscraper cluster in the Square Mile, after it was approved by the City of London Corporation.

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Los Angeles County is refusing to disclose a preliminary report that could explain why officials suggested that the downtown skyscraper it recently purchased to serve as its new headquarters should receive a seismic retrofit.

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Finally, what has been billed as the world's first fully "upcycled skyscraper" makes the final list too.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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