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high-rise

[hahy-rahyz] / ˈhaɪˌraɪz /






NOUN
skyscraper
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He and four others were taken to a skybridge connecting two high-rise apartment complexes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Opie photographed images in that show from the balcony of her Hollywood high-rise.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Moving from a wooden cabin to a much larger high-rise, the new 3000 sq m consulate takes up a prominent location in the middle of downtown Nuuk.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Unverified social media videos showed plumes of smoke rising over Ryazan -- a city of around 500,000 -- and a high-rise apartment block with several blackened floors.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

What was stopping someone like Wilfrido Pipo from chasing down another neighborhood and building another high-rise?

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya




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