apartment
noun
apart·ment
ə-ˈpärt-mənt 
plural apartments
1
: a room or set of rooms fitted especially with housekeeping facilities and usually leased as a dwelling
2
: a building containing several individual apartments
3
British
: a large and impressive room or set of rooms
—usually plural
Assured that the Queen and Prince Philip had retired to bed, Mr Hillyard tried to pass through the Royal apartments as the train left Aberdeen on its journey to London.—
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We lived in an apartment for several years before buying a house.
a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house
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Their apartment complex backed up to a shortcut that leads to running trails along UGA's campus where Riley was found dead in a wooded area, partially naked and covered in leaves, that afternoon.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
After the Fagan incident, security was stepped up and a 24-hour police presence was introduced outside royal apartments.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 19 Nov. 2024
Prosecutors said she was beaten with the blunt end of a hammer that was recovered inside the apartment Sheridan shared with Goe, The Canton Repository reports.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
The firm initially operated one apartment complex with about 50 units.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
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Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
After the Fagan incident, security was stepped up and a 24-hour police presence was introduced outside royal apartments.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 19 Nov. 2024
Prosecutors said she was beaten with the blunt end of a hammer that was recovered inside the apartment Sheridan shared with Goe, The Canton Repository reports.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
The firm initially operated one apartment complex with about 50 units.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
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apartment
noun
apart·ment
ə-ˈpärt-mənt
1
: a room or set of rooms used as a dwelling
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