apartment building
noun
: a building containing separate residential apartments
called also apartment house
Examples of apartment building in a Sentence
We lived in an apartment building for several years before buying a house.
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She was then taken to and left in the lobby of her apartment building.
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Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 14 Jan. 2025
The image of Nila’s apartment building becomes a catchall for her family, growing up in poverty, and being of Muslim background in a country where mosques are set ablaze and brown people are victims of hate crimes.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
The plaintiff says she was then taken home and left in the lobby of her apartment building.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Firefighters made progress for the first time since Tuesday containing the fire north of Pasadena, which has burned more than 7,000 structures, a term that includes homes, apartment buildings, businesses, outbuildings and vehicles.
—Manuel Valdes, Julie Watson, John Seewer and Heather Hollingsworth The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 14 Jan. 2025
The image of Nila’s apartment building becomes a catchall for her family, growing up in poverty, and being of Muslim background in a country where mosques are set ablaze and brown people are victims of hate crimes.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
The plaintiff says she was then taken home and left in the lobby of her apartment building.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Firefighters made progress for the first time since Tuesday containing the fire north of Pasadena, which has burned more than 7,000 structures, a term that includes homes, apartment buildings, businesses, outbuildings and vehicles.
—Manuel Valdes, Julie Watson, John Seewer and Heather Hollingsworth The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment%20building. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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