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Recent Examples of tenement house
The chef’s table inside the kitchen proves the best seat in this early-20th-century tenement house.
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Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
Shells from the tavern in the basement of Gladstone’s Land, a tenement house in the Scottish capital, filled in gaps in the building’s brickwork.
—Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
The Tenement Museum comprises two preserved tenement houses on the Lower East Side.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 27 May 2025
Whatever the publishers’ intent, these reporters did cover serious news: strikes, presidential races, unsafe factory conditions, overcrowded tenement houses, the aftermath of hurricanes and earthquakes.
—Susan Faludi, The New York Review of Books, 15 Aug. 2024
Windows, at least on paper, have been legally required in all New York City bedrooms since at least 1867, as the city began to introduce new regulations for its cramped, often dangerous tenement houses.
—Curbed, 21 Mar. 2023
Construction workers renovating an old tenement house in Lodz, Poland, unearthed a surprising find: an untouched cache of hundreds of Jewish artifacts believed to have been hidden in advance of the Nazi occupation of the city.
—David I. Klein, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
Shells from the tavern in the basement of Gladstone’s Land, a tenement house in the Scottish capital, filled in gaps in the building’s brickwork.
—Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
The Tenement Museum comprises two preserved tenement houses on the Lower East Side.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 27 May 2025
Whatever the publishers’ intent, these reporters did cover serious news: strikes, presidential races, unsafe factory conditions, overcrowded tenement houses, the aftermath of hurricanes and earthquakes.
—Susan Faludi, The New York Review of Books, 15 Aug. 2024
Windows, at least on paper, have been legally required in all New York City bedrooms since at least 1867, as the city began to introduce new regulations for its cramped, often dangerous tenement houses.
—Curbed, 21 Mar. 2023
Construction workers renovating an old tenement house in Lodz, Poland, unearthed a surprising find: an untouched cache of hundreds of Jewish artifacts believed to have been hidden in advance of the Nazi occupation of the city.
—David I. Klein, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenement house
Noun
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Completed in 1910, the 15-story apartment house includes a doorman, live-in superintendent, and rooftop terrace.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
8 Dec. 2025
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Investigators said Kaylee Goncalves, 21, was fatally stabbed on the third floor of the apartment house in the same room with another victim, Madison Mogen, 21.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Brewer allegedly shot his wife Jacklyn Berry, 47, at an apartment building on Beacon Street Sunday morning, the DA’s office said.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
26 May 2026
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According to a flyer, Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 after Williams was shot multiple times at the apartment building at 651 NW 177th Ave.—
Peter D'Oench,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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“Tenement house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenement%20house. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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