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skyscraper

[skahy-skrey-per] / ˈskaɪˌskreɪ pər /
NOUN
tall building
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A gaping 75-mile-wide trench now sits where a massive horizontal skyscraper called the Line was to be developed at Neom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

“If you dove off a skyscraper backwards, that’s what it felt like for five seconds,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Rock climber Alex Honnold, a California native, has ascended the Taipei 101 skyscraper without any ropes or protective equipment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

One premium account, which posted an AI video of Dubai's Burj Khalifa skyscraper engulfed in flames, ignored a request from Bier that it label the content as AI.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

The Communications Corporation had a skyscraper office overlooking the East River in downtown New York.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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