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apartment

[uh-pahrt-muhnt] / əˈpɑrt mənt /


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The Fire Department said that eight units of an apartment building on Grace Avenue above the collapse were evacuated, according to a 3:30 p.m. update.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

Even on nights of heavy bombardment, the 27-year-old could sleep through the explosions in her apartment in Kyiv.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

His home being Hollywood—specifically a somewhat dank apartment, rendered in depressing detail by set designer François-Pierre Couture—Mr. Guimarães encounters qualities that are endemic to the place: for instance career envy.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Then he would go on Medicaid and live in a studio apartment at the same good place I have found for him, which is not too far from where I live.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

“We should look at our apartment, her favorite restaurant, and Grace Community Church. She sings in the choir except I think the church is only open on Sundays.”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

New Yorkers famously went out to the bars that very night, refusing to sit scared in our apartments.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

She was 14 years my senior and returned home at night to a husband and three daughters on Long Island, while the rest of us headed to cramped apartments in the city.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Though hugely popular with visitors, short-term lodgings are blamed by residents in many popular travel destinations for depriving locals of apartments for long-term rent and pushing up prices.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

World Trade Center downtown into a 512-unit complex anchoring a campaign to build 4,000 affordable apartments across L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

No matter how noble the ideal, some people had better jobs or nicer apartments whether or not they had earned them.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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