high-rise
Example Sentences
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This is my memory: it was a high-rise building in Century City, in the offices of “King of the Hill,” so there was a lot of like “King of the Hill” cutouts and stuff there.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
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
I can’t see the street from up here in my mom’s high-rise, only the roofs of shorter buildings.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
