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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

“If stuff was not flying over our heads, it would be fine,” she said, sitting at the bench by her apartment building, which was struck by a drone last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

You took a substantial risk early in your life by investing in an apartment building and living modestly in one of those apartments.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Local developer Faring plans to build the Bond Hotel & Residences, which will include a seven-story hotel with 45 rooms and a four-story apartment building with 126 units.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

“I need to hop off,” said Jake when the bus was two stops away from his apartment building.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein