apartment building
noun
: a building containing separate residential apartments
called also apartment house
Examples of apartment building in a Sentence
We lived in an apartment building for several years before buying a house.
Recent Examples on the Web
The four were arrested after a shooting which occurred near Nome Street Apartments, one of the apartment buildings in Aurora which had reportedly been overtaken by armed members of Tren de Aragua.
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Stepheny Price, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2024
The two walk seven minutes from their pre-war apartment building to the Van Cortlandt Park subway station for the half-hour ride on the No. 1 line to Lincoln Center.
—William P. Barrett, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
An estimated 70 people have been displaced from the apartment building while the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety evaluates the residence to determine which units are safe to reoccupy.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
The city should identify more parcels to preserve for recreational use, the task force said, and discourage new single-use apartment buildings that don't complement an area's walkability or retail activity.
—Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Sep. 2024
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Stepheny Price, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2024
The two walk seven minutes from their pre-war apartment building to the Van Cortlandt Park subway station for the half-hour ride on the No. 1 line to Lincoln Center.
—William P. Barrett, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
An estimated 70 people have been displaced from the apartment building while the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety evaluates the residence to determine which units are safe to reoccupy.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
The city should identify more parcels to preserve for recreational use, the task force said, and discourage new single-use apartment buildings that don't complement an area's walkability or retail activity.
—Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment%20building. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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