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apartment building

NOUN

building with many living units

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apartment block apartment complex apartment house apartments flats multi-dwelling unit tenement

STRONG

co-op condo condominium

WEAK

flat house high-rise apartment residential complex tower block

Example Sentences

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A woman stood in tears, staring at an apartment building that was half gone.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Or check out any one of L.A.’s most iconic TV houses including “The Brady Bunch” home in Studio City, “The Golden Girls” residence in Brentwood and the “Seinfield” Koreatown apartment building.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Billionaire Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin has reportedly expanded his enormous international property portfolio with the addition of a $38 million duplex apartment inside a storied New York City apartment building.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

The Froma Gurvitz house, built in 1937, as well as a cafe and an apartment building were among the modernist buildings directly hit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

And when he’s moving at a trot to catch up, I make an unexpected dart through the front door of an apartment building.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron