as in apartment
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
an exhibit of pictures showing the tenements of the New York City neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen during the 1920s
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Recent Examples of tenement
In 1909, just a few days after their mother, Sara, gave birth to Daniel, one of these boys, four-year-old George, fell to his death while playing on the roof of their tenement building on the Lower East Side.
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David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Only in New York can a child raised in a tenement in Bushwick, who once worked as a squeegee boy and a mailroom clerk, rise to become mayor.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
Even as tragedy and struggle beset the tenement districts, the very qualities that defined the tenement’s unfavorable physical conditions—over-crowdedness and density—became building blocks for community.
—Annie Polland, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
What follows is one wild, sweltering summer day and night in their East Village tenement, as the two scheme with a crew of eccentric neighbors to cover up a dead body.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
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David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Only in New York can a child raised in a tenement in Bushwick, who once worked as a squeegee boy and a mailroom clerk, rise to become mayor.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
Even as tragedy and struggle beset the tenement districts, the very qualities that defined the tenement’s unfavorable physical conditions—over-crowdedness and density—became building blocks for community.
—Annie Polland, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
What follows is one wild, sweltering summer day and night in their East Village tenement, as the two scheme with a crew of eccentric neighbors to cover up a dead body.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenement
Noun
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Over the decades, luxury apartments and gleaming skyscrapers rose around the restaurant as Phoenix’s downtown developed.—
Reia Li,
AZCentral.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Five apartment complex projects are expected to add over 2,700 housing units to Overland Park in the near future, according to the Kansas City Business Journal.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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Perched at the top of the building, a triplex penthouse spanning more than 3,300 square feet—plus nearly 2,000 square feet of landscaped terraces—embodies Ban’s signature blend of precision and playfulness.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2025
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Wiegers’ 4,761-square-foot penthouse included three bedrooms, four baths and terraces facing west, north, and east.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Tenement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenement. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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