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skyscrapers

noun

plural of skyscraper

as in towers

a very tall building in a city

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Recent Examples of skyscrapers Being from England, he still isn’t used to seeing skyscrapers. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026 The route starts in Rotterdam, where modern skyscrapers sit beside one of Europe’s busiest ports. — Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Other skyscrapers and iconic structures in New York City have also been illegally climbed. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 1 July 2026 Now, in La Guaira, modern skyscrapers and state propaganda are part of the rubble, indistinguishable from each other. — Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026 Less than five miles from the skyscrapers and frenzied metropolis of downtown Montreal, Côte-des-Neiges is a quieter, modern residential bubble. — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 22 June 2026 Snow said four Live Local skyscrapers of over 40 stories are now planned in Wynwood, where a special city zoning plan ordinarily caps building height at 12 stories. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 Swallowed up by offices and skyscrapers, Simon Kim’s three-level, multi-restaurant space 550 Madison looks like a brutalist submarine, a church, or a spaceship rising out of the avenue. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 2 July 2026 Authorities identified the climbers as Angela Nikolau, 33, and Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, a Russian couple known for scaling skyscrapers and other towering structures around the world. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

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The foundation has published a guide on the various types of surveillance towers in use along the southern border that is designed to help local residents.

— Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
The foundation has published a guide on the various types of surveillance towers in use along the southern border designed to help local residents.

— Rebecca Santana, Fortune, 2 July 2026

Definition of towers

Noun

High-rise buildings housing hundreds of apartments pancaked in the earthquakes, reviving questions about substandard construction.

— Fernanda Pesce, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Lower values for office buildings, hotels, and retail centers has become a key factor in the faltering pace of assessment valuations.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

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