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apartment building

NOUN

building with many living units

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apartment block apartment complex apartment house apartments flats multi-dwelling unit tenement

STRONG

co-op condo condominium

WEAK

flat house high-rise apartment residential complex tower block

Example Sentences

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“Being responsible for a house—especially for me, who grew up in an apartment building that had a maintenance person—you don’t realize how overwhelming it really is,” she shared.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

“If stuff was not flying over our heads, it would be fine,” she said, sitting at the bench by her apartment building, which was struck by a drone last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

In early February, an MK30 drone making a delivery hit the side of an apartment building in a suburb of Dallas in Texas.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Local developer Faring plans to build the Bond Hotel & Residences, which will include a seven-story hotel with 45 rooms and a four-story apartment building with 126 units.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Out the front door of the apartment building, through the passage of Mickiewicza 7, around the corner, and behind our block of buildings.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron