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as in penthouses
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 rooms
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 apartments
The park also connects to the downtown canal walk, one of our favorite walking paths in the city — a unique manmade canal flanked with museums, pocket parks and apartments.
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Arika Herron, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
Plans for a redevelopment of the languishing Enfield Square mall could get a crucial $10 million boost from a state economic development fund that could help lay the groundwork for razing the old mall and replacing it with apartments, hotels and new retail space.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
The project would be anchored by a regional bus transit center, apartments, a park, underground parking and storefront space built on a parking lot to the west of the vacant One Talcott complex.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
Read Next Boise & Garden City A study says Boise’s apartments for the homeless work.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2025
Over the past 10 years, new luxury apartments have been developed in the area along with several new restaurants, a new community recreation center, and outdoor bocce courts, along with summer concerts, car shows, and other community events.
—Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
There are 24 rooms and apartments and much of the impressive collection is still on display for guests to enjoy.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
These were below-market-rate apartments for low- and middle-income New Yorkers.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
These vacuums tend to be simple to use and provide excellent choices in apartments, condos and other compact spaces.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
Arika Herron, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
Plans for a redevelopment of the languishing Enfield Square mall could get a crucial $10 million boost from a state economic development fund that could help lay the groundwork for razing the old mall and replacing it with apartments, hotels and new retail space.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
The project would be anchored by a regional bus transit center, apartments, a park, underground parking and storefront space built on a parking lot to the west of the vacant One Talcott complex.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
Read Next Boise & Garden City A study says Boise’s apartments for the homeless work.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2025
Over the past 10 years, new luxury apartments have been developed in the area along with several new restaurants, a new community recreation center, and outdoor bocce courts, along with summer concerts, car shows, and other community events.
—Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
There are 24 rooms and apartments and much of the impressive collection is still on display for guests to enjoy.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
These were below-market-rate apartments for low- and middle-income New Yorkers.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
These vacuums tend to be simple to use and provide excellent choices in apartments, condos and other compact spaces.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Apartments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartments. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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