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as in penthouse
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house
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as in room
an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall
the museum sets aside this large central apartment to display special exhibitions
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Recent Examples of apartment
The lawsuit says Pickles was driving in an apartment complex one morning when officers in an unmarked car tried to pull him over.
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Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2025
The sprawling apartment complex, home to dozens of immigrant families from Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, and Central America, was on lockdown.
—Juan Peña, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
The project includes 78 luxury apartment units in the 115,000-square-foot, four-story building designed byRinka Architects.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
There are houses of all kinds, ranging from the two story, four nest apartment houses to the outdoor shelters for the robins, which never go inside a house.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2025
The sprawling apartment complex, home to dozens of immigrant families from Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, and Central America, was on lockdown.
—Juan Peña, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
The project includes 78 luxury apartment units in the 115,000-square-foot, four-story building designed byRinka Architects.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
There are houses of all kinds, ranging from the two story, four nest apartment houses to the outdoor shelters for the robins, which never go inside a house.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartment
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The power couple's real estate empire spans multiple cities, including: Tribeca, New York City—Jay-Z's first major real estate purchase, an 8,000-square-foot penthouse, where the couple held their private wedding ceremony in 2008.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Plot twist: this New York City penthouse used to be the home of an award-winning Hollywood filmmaker.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
5 Feb. 2025
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The Pats simultaneously preserved tens of millions of dollars in cap room with the intention of rolling it over into this offseason.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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The jaw-dropping gaffe – which was met with stunned disbelief by those in the room and at home – was the result of a mix-up by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, who mistakenly handed presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty the wrong category envelope.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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But Costanzo used the money toward a down payment on a condominium purchase, the indictment says.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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On a windswept waterfront lot in West Palm Beach last April, billionaire real estate developer Stephen Ross stood behind a lectern to tout his company’s new South Flagler House, a high-end, luxury condominium project with 108 units housed in two 28-story towers.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2025
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Francis has complained of breathing trouble and was diagnosed with bronchitis Feb. 6, but had continued to hold daily audiences in his Vatican hotel suite.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Today that’s part of its Creative Cloud applications suite and, according to the company, has produced over 18 billion assets.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2025
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The flow of letters and flats would not have been impacted, USPS said in its original post on the suspension that took effect on Tuesday.—
Sareen Habeshian,
Axios,
5 Feb. 2025
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The suspension does not extend to letters and flats.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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When Peter Orlovsky opens the door to their rundown tenement apartment, Hujar is left standing around awkwardly until Ginsberg acknowledges him.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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The exclusive dining rooms were part of what helped establish the buildings’ allure in a city that back then had a thriving elite class, even as two-thirds of the rest of the population crowded into tenements.—
Dionne Searcey,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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That luxury condo project will rise over 60 floors high — more than double the height of the Marenas.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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Despite a generally stable market across Chicago, certain upscale neighborhoods like the Gold Coast aren't seeing success in their condo markets.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartment. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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