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apartment building

NOUN
building with many living units
Synonyms
STRONGEST
apartment block apartment complex apartment house apartments flats multi-dwelling unit tenement
STRONG
WEAK


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The Times spoke with her on the seventh floor of an apartment building under construction in West Los Angeles — one made possible by her order fast-tracking approval of affordable housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

"I knew instantly when it flew over my building - our apartment building - that it was a twin engine jet at full throttle," said Charles, a trained pilot.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Two blocks from my hotel I found another earth god shrine, no bigger than a kitchen cabinet, at the base of an apartment building wall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

This is roughly equivalent to stopping an overflowing bathtub by shutting off the water to the entire apartment building because you cannot get to the faucet.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

A few days later, Howard Hunt led Gordon Liddy into a Washington, D.C., apartment building.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin


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