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.
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In Maryland, homeowners organized a petition to stall construction on an apartment building in order to develop a parking lot.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
The City Council approved an agreement on Thursday with the team behind the Aladdin KC, 1215 Wyandotte St., which will turn the century-old, 16-story hotel into an apartment building with about 120 units, amenities for residents and a top-floor cocktail lounge.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2025
Volunteers sent her home with meals, water, and other items for herself and some of her neighbors, who live in an apartment building across the street.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025
Nearby, at the corner of Jefferson and Washington streets, a deteriorating, 1920s apartment building is slated to be incorporated into an $80 million medical office building.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2025
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
The City Council approved an agreement on Thursday with the team behind the Aladdin KC, 1215 Wyandotte St., which will turn the century-old, 16-story hotel into an apartment building with about 120 units, amenities for residents and a top-floor cocktail lounge.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2025
Volunteers sent her home with meals, water, and other items for herself and some of her neighbors, who live in an apartment building across the street.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025
Nearby, at the corner of Jefferson and Washington streets, a deteriorating, 1920s apartment building is slated to be incorporated into an $80 million medical office building.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment%20building. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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