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skyscraper

[skahy-skray-per] / ˈskaɪˌskreɪ pər /
NOUN
tall building
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The complex fills a city block in the financial district with an office skyscraper, the high-rise Sheraton Grand hotel and a shopping center that is home to a Uniqlo and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The designers and developers of today’s One World Trade Center considered re-creating Windows on the World, but the proposed new skyscraper proved too narrow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

"Throughout the show," marvelled Nick Levine, external, "she skips across the stage in skyscraper heels that most drag performers would baulk at."

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Beneath the shadows of indigo-streaked clouds, a young woman strolls through a fog-covered city, stopping at the base of a skyscraper.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Each one stood 420 feet tall, the equivalent of a thirty-story skyscraper, and had three whirring blades.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Individual projects still would require zoning reviews, so no need to worry about skyscrapers coming to Silver Lake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He says he felt like an ant walking into the huge facility on his first day in prison; the guard towers reminded him of skyscrapers.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The 10-acre site will also be transformed by new offices and retail space, primarily serving the neighbouring financial district filled with skyscrapers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Rows of eerily vacant skyscrapers loom over quiet streets.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Pieces of rock sliding down the mountain were larger than skyscrapers.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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