apartment building
noun
: a building containing separate residential apartments
called also apartment house
Examples of apartment building in a Sentence
We lived in an apartment building for several years before buying a house.
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An apartment building for formerly homeless people will open in Roseville this spring with a government loan, the Roseville City Council decided Wednesday.
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Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article The residents of an Uptown apartment building, including many with disabilities, got a reprieve last week when a Cook County judge put off the possible auction and sale of their affordable building until at least the summer.
—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Bell, who had his girlfriend in the passenger seat, refused to stop and entered a parking lot before driving through the backyard of an apartment building.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2025
Olympia’s team discovers that the truck ended up at an apartment building where Sam’s former co-worker Irv (Ron Rogge) lives.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
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Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article The residents of an Uptown apartment building, including many with disabilities, got a reprieve last week when a Cook County judge put off the possible auction and sale of their affordable building until at least the summer.
—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Bell, who had his girlfriend in the passenger seat, refused to stop and entered a parking lot before driving through the backyard of an apartment building.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2025
Olympia’s team discovers that the truck ended up at an apartment building where Sam’s former co-worker Irv (Ron Rogge) lives.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment%20building. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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