skyscraper

Example Sentences

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The elevator gave rise to the skyscraper and reshaped how people live and work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Among the latest to snag a skyscraper is fund manager Capital Group, which has agreed to pay about $210 million for the 55-story Bank of America Plaza atop Bunker Hill, where it has offices.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The slow speed also gives flight teams the best chance of spotting and stopping any unwelcome movement of what is in effect a mobile skyscraper.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 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

We lived in the Portland Avenue Stacks, a sprawling hive of discolored tin shoeboxes rusting on the shores of I-40, just west of Oklahoma City’s decaying skyscraper core.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline