as in addition
a smaller structure added to a main building had a small penthouse built to serve as a toolshed

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Recent Examples of penthouse Dunne and Dunnes Longtime resident Dominick Dunne in the Chateau penthouse in 1969 with his children (from left) Alex, Dominique and Griffin. Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025 Some of the five-acre property's luxury amenities include a separate guest penthouse, a garage that can fit 12 cars, an indoor sports complex with basketball and pickleball courts, a gym and a boxing ring. Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025 The idiosyncratic duplex penthouse is chockablock with treasures by a pantheon of 20th-century design titans on the order of Mario Bellini, Osvaldo Borsani, Angelo Mangiarotti, Gae Aulenti, Gio Ponti, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Joe Colombo, Tito Agnoli, and others. Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for penthouse

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“Penthouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penthouse. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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