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Recent Examples of railroad flat
Their first place had been a railroad flat, four flights up, three avenues over on Columbus, amid the drug dealers and the prostitutes, the opera singers and the social workers, fine for newlyweds starting out.
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Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
The apartment’s railroad flat configuration is a plus.
—Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 July 2024
Shelton moved with her five kids to a railroad flat on Blake Street in Berkeley.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2022
Shortly after Howe was born, in 1940, her family moved from Buffalo to a railroad flat near Harvard Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
—Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
The apartment’s railroad flat configuration is a plus.
—Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 July 2024
Shelton moved with her five kids to a railroad flat on Blake Street in Berkeley.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2022
Shortly after Howe was born, in 1940, her family moved from Buffalo to a railroad flat near Harvard Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
—Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for railroad flat
- studio apartment
- garden apartment
- duplex apartment
- efficiency apartment
- granny flat
- efficiency
- condo
- duplex
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With Mary’s two best friends now leading their own shows — Rhoda in New York and Phyllis in San Francisco — Mary moved out of her cozy studio apartment in hat oversized house and into a one-bedroom high-rise apartment (which, unfortunately, lacked the charm of that first place).—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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But out-of-town investors and corporations are not why studio apartments cost $2,000 a month to rent in San Diego.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The result tees up a vote today by the full City Council, when aldermen could give a green light clearing the way for new garden apartments, attic-to-housing conversions and coach housing.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
16 July 2025
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Adding to the home’s flexibility, whether for extended family or live-in staff, there’s a three-bedroom garden apartment on the lower level with a private entry.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
8 May 2025
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After meeting his girlfriend, İlkay, the couple moved into a furnished two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom duplex apartment in the Kadıköy neighborhood of Istanbul.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
19 Aug. 2025
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The duplex apartment occupies the top floors of a 19th-century carriage house that is hidden down a gated former horse passageway just off of New York's Times Square and has played a starring role in both film and TV.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
3 June 2025
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Listen to this article The owner of a low-cost motel near I-84 is looking to convert it into 65 efficiency apartments, the kind of repurposing that Connecticut housing advocates have been pushing for in the General Assembly.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2025
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The firm has built 11 efficiency apartment buildings across the country.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2025
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The move to expand the use of granny flats and other ADUs is long overdue.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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Their bipartisan bill will expand financing access for ADUs, which include backyard cottages, granny flats, in-law suites and similar units, also called tiny homes.—
Amelia Wu
July 21,
Sacbee.com,
21 July 2025
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The company claims that the problem of the lack of waste heat in electric drive systems is elegantly solved by integrating a high-efficiency heat pump.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Sep. 2025
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Such an overgrown standing army is undesirable, not on pacifist grounds, but purely from the standpoint of military efficiency.—
John Fischer,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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While several neighbors called 911 on the night of June 14 to report the disturbance, officers who responded to the condo ultimately did not enter the residence and left the scene, sparking public criticism and a lawsuit from Dadkhah’s family.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The condo community, not far from the Port Jefferson Long Island Rail Road station (which could be noisy), included a pool, tennis courts and a gym.—
Joyce Cohen,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Sanders, who has lived in the same Johnson County duplex since 2008, declined to specify exactly how much money that meant to American Shaman and Shaman Botanicals’ bottom line.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
16 Sep. 2025
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On average, builders in metro Denver paid $67,896 to local governments for a detached or standalone home, and $52,065 for a new duplex, condo or townhome, according to the study.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Railroad flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroad%20flat. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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