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flats

NOUN
apartment building
Synonyms
STRONGEST
apartment block apartment complex apartment house apartments multi-dwelling unit tenement
STRONG
WEAK




NOUN
set
Synonyms




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I love the insane sliced red leather Celine ballet flats I saw while scrolling Instagram on my commute Wednesday morning, but I also love my more accessibly priced Tevas in a similar shade.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Some residents have moved into public or transitional housing, while others have moved into other substandard flats as a temporary measure, Sze added.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Experts say warmer temperatures and higher density living in flats and apartments are behind the increased reports.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

"Don't expect these people who live in very small flats to move into the new basic housing units. They won't be able to afford it," she said.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

There was a car ready to leave, and I found a seat next the window and it started and I watched it sort of frazzle out into slack tide flats, and then trees.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner




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