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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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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

Parking in her apartment building, for instance, costs $150 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

AFP footage showed heavy damage to an apartment building, next to a crater formed in the ground.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

"It used to be really crowded here," said Neyfe Adib, 65, as she walked with a bag of shopping past a destroyed apartment building, looking around at the now empty streets.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

He ran to her apartment building and showed the coin and the film to Carolyn and her mother.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin