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tenement

[ten-uh-muhnt] / ˈtɛn ə mənt /


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Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor came from little in a material sense, he from tiny Pin Point, Ga., she from a Bronx tenement and later a housing project.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Roy Porter’s kaleidoscopic portrait of 18th-century England captures high and low society, from stately home to poor tenement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

“We lived a teeny tenement apartment on 29th and 2nd Avenue above the Wonderland Blues Bar,” Brooks says.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

Vilo was later spotted in the window of the tenement building by nearby residents.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

It was in this tenement that the personality of my father first came fully into the orbit of my concern.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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