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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The New York City Police Department is investigating after an infant was abandoned in a tote bag near a Bronx apartment building.
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Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 31 Dec. 2024
Then, an Israeli airstrike hit his family’s apartment building south of Beirut, leaving them homeless.
—Aryn Baker, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
The year began in upscale style with the January grand opening of Perennial Corktown, a new seven-story, 188-unit apartment building at 1611 Michigan Ave., across from the former site of Tigers Stadium.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 25 Dec. 2024
The Christmas Day attack comes after a deadly Russian strike on the city of Kryvyi Rih the day before, where a ballistic missile struck an apartment building and killed at least one person in the Zelensky’s hometown.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Dec. 2024
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Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 31 Dec. 2024
Then, an Israeli airstrike hit his family’s apartment building south of Beirut, leaving them homeless.
—Aryn Baker, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
The year began in upscale style with the January grand opening of Perennial Corktown, a new seven-story, 188-unit apartment building at 1611 Michigan Ave., across from the former site of Tigers Stadium.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 25 Dec. 2024
The Christmas Day attack comes after a deadly Russian strike on the city of Kryvyi Rih the day before, where a ballistic missile struck an apartment building and killed at least one person in the Zelensky’s hometown.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment%20building. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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