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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

Authorities estimate that more than 220,000 people in the city of 7.5 million live in so-called "shoebox" flats, around one-third of which need major renovation.

From Barron's • 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

The Cube – a massive structure of flats and offices that could have contained the Empire State Building 20 times over – has been jettisoned entirely.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The keys that are most distant from C major, with six sharps or six flats, are on the opposite side of the circle.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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