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high-rise

[hahy-rahyz] / ˈhaɪˌraɪz /






NOUN
skyscraper
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Unverified social media videos showed plumes of smoke rising over Ryazan -- a city of around 500,000 -- and a high-rise apartment block with several blackened floors.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

His new unit is dwarfed by that record-breaking abode, which is located inside a glittering high-rise at 220 Central Park South, and which spans 24,000 square feet across four floors.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

As he looked out from the friend's high-rise apartment, he spotted smoke rising from reactor four.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Real Estate Investment Trust said this week that it would sell its high-rise at 865 S. Figueroa St. for $92.5 million pending approval from Los Angeles officials.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

What sets one Southern town apart from another, or from a Northern town or hamlet, or city high-rise?

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou




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