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high-rise

[hahy-rahyz] / ˈhaɪˌraɪz /






NOUN
skyscraper
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He and four others were taken to a skybridge connecting two high-rise apartment complexes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Opie photographed images in that show from the balcony of her Hollywood high-rise.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 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

However, if a hotel or high-rise along the ocean leaves its lights on, the turtles will head toward the brighter light of civilization and never make it to the ocean.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg




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