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apartment

[uh-pahrt-muhnt] / əˈpɑrt mənt /


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The plants, constructed in fortified bunkers and protected from drone attack by huge steel cages, are each capable of providing electricity and heat to several hundred of the city's high-rise apartment blocks.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The spark was ignited on September 23 when 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from her lifelong Madrid home on a stretcher after the real estate firm that owned the apartment drastically hiked the rent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

In 2018, a real-estate investment firm called Urbagestión bought her apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Assuming local governments would raise tax rates and fees to make up for lost revenue, there could potentially be a $406 increase in property-tax bills on the average apartment unit in 2028, said Walczak.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

No more Astor Street means no more walking to Skye’s apartment or meeting at the deli for lunch.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Such is the demand for them that some public apartments are allocated by lottery.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Bass says her administration has made it easier for property owners to convert their office towers into apartments or condominiums.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

A prison compound in Indonesia has been demolished after public outcry following the discovery of luxury apartments within the penitentiary.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Last week, the Indonesian ombudsman's office said an inspection had uncovered a cluster of indulgently furnished apartments inhabited by inmates on the grounds of the Cibinong prison in Bogor, south of the capital.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

She texted my mother a picture of herself standing in front of her home, a narrow building with a Dominican restaurant on the ground level and two apartments over it.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi




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