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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 coalition members followed ICE agents from a staging point at a Target store to an apartment complex.
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Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
The Move-Out Method Downsizing or repurposing a room when your kids have left for their own apartments?
—Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 18 Feb. 2025
As cops backed away from the apartment, Rivera lifted a couch upright and blocked the door with it, NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Even the mouse who visits Hart each morning in his 19th floor apartment has stopped coming.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
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Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
The Move-Out Method Downsizing or repurposing a room when your kids have left for their own apartments?
—Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 18 Feb. 2025
As cops backed away from the apartment, Rivera lifted a couch upright and blocked the door with it, NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Even the mouse who visits Hart each morning in his 19th floor apartment has stopped coming.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartment
Noun
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Here’s a look inside the most expensive penthouses in Andermatt.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The renovation will include a redesign of the lobby and grand penthouse, as well as 65 guest rooms.—
Kristen Tauer,
WWD,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Her immediate next move, however, was kicking off dinner with a toast and round of tequila shots for the room.—
Kristen Tauer,
WWD,
28 Feb. 2025
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The 660-plus scrolls stayed buried under volcanic mud until they were excavated in the 1700s from a single room that archaeologists believe held the personal working library of an Epicurean philosopher named Philodemus.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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One proposal, by Sen. Rosalind Osgood, a Democrat representing central Broward County, and Rep. Mitch Rosenwald, a Democrat representing eastern Broward in the House, would provide one-time $2,500 grants to help low-income senior condo owners facing assessments to fund their condominiums’ reserves.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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What to do about the condominium financial crisis, created by past legislation mandating inspections and financial requirements after the 2021 Surfside condo collapse, is one of the biggest questions this session.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Either way, the Broncos are armed with cap space and a full suite of draft picks.—
Luca Evans,
The Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2025
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The resort has three different levels of stay, a luxury suite, executive suite and traditional compartments and double compartments.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The more formal models focus on styles that tap into seasonal trends and shades: from loafers to boots in a range of heights and materials, from platforms with an urban feel to ballet flats and mary jane court shoes.—
Stephen Garner,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
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Think convertible anoraks, packable neoprene ballet flats, oversize scrunchies that double as mini purses!—
Romany Williams,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Three young men with resplendent Afros pose by a Spanish Harlem tenement that has been adorned with a vibrant street mural.—
Arthur Lubow,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Hamas massacre, the tenements in the West End were turned into rubble by the politicians and developers.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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That’s little comfort for residents like Mark Polinsky, 72, who in January almost lost his condo near Fashion Valley to a possible encampment fire.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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From these vantage points, old and new Aspen converge in a panoramic sweep of mountains that have towered here for eons, rooftops of condos that sprang up in recent years, a swirl of tourists mingling with longtime locals.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartment. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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