high-rise
Example Sentences
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On Thursday, both Landry and Howery will attend the opening of a new US consulate building, a modern high-rise block in the centre of Nuuk, nicknamed "Trump towers" by some locals.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
His new unit is dwarfed by that record-breaking abode, which is located inside a glittering high-rise at 220 Central Park South, and which spans 24,000 square feet across four floors.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
In Marin County, some have cried foul over planned high-rise apartments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
The November 26 fire at Wang Fuk Court, a high-rise complex in the financial hub's Tai Po district, was the world's deadliest residential building fire since 1980 and Hong Kong's worst since 1948.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
When people looked at James Parker sitting behind his large mahogany desk in his high-rise office, they always saw what they wanted to see.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
