aerie

noun

Definition of aerienext
1
as in tower

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as in penthouse

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Recent Examples of aerie Click here for more photos of the Manhattan aerie. — Mark David, Robb Report, 1 June 2026 Eagly summons an entire aerie of allies to peck and slash Red to death, which feels like an appropriately grisly fate. — Scott Meslow, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025 An eagle-eyed designer turns a couple's Chicago aerie into the warm and sophisticated home the empty nesters envisioned. — Laura Fenton, Midwest Living, 16 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for aerie
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  1. tower
  2. penthouse
  3. watchtower
Noun
  • In Laguna Beach, canopies — limited in size to 8 feet wide and 6 feet high — are only permitted in line with or behind lifeguard towers on Main Beach and the southernmost section of Aliso Beach.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Last September a new museum opened in Miami’s oldest skyscraper, a Mediterranean Revival building from 1925 modeled after the majestic Giralda cathedral tower in Seville, Spain.
    — Ada Ferrer, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
Definition of tower
Noun
  • The deals in June included an $80 million duplex penthouse in a new condo building near Manhattan's West Village, a $26 million condo downtown and a $22 million co-op on the Upper East Side.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • There are loft-like attributes to them, and also the feeling of living in a penthouse.
    — Deborah Gimelson, Architectural Digest, 3 July 2026
Definition of penthouse
Noun
  • State regulators have built the watchtower.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Inside Albufera Natural Park, this watchtower is a limestone promontory that gives views across paddy fields.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 2 June 2026
Definition of watchtower

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