Thesaurus results for SKYSCRAPER

skyscraper

noun

Definition of skyscraper

as in tower

a very tall building in a city

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Recent Examples of skyscraper Estes said the aqueduct's construction reflected Jerusalem's prominence in the ancient world, comparing the significance of such infrastructure to the construction of modern skyscrapers. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Reuters earlier reported on the cancellation of the NEOM stadium, which was envisaged as being on the roof of The Line, a 500-meter-tall skyscraper. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The windows look out toward a gleaming new skyscraper next door, all glass and right angles. — Tim Hornyak, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026 One bright morning in late June, dozens of law enforcement officers gathered in a Secret Service meeting room on the top floor of a downtown Brooklyn skyscraper, with a commanding view of the New York City skyline. — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for skyscraper

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The Club, a 43-story tower classified as a multi-family residential condo, does not have a Certificate of Use to run as a condo-hotel, an omission first revealed by the Miami Herald.

— Linda Robertson Updated October 22, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Galleria West will have three towers with a total of 1,163 residential units, including 690 market-rate residences and 473 workforce housing units.

— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

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As an open source scripting language for building dynamic websites and web apps, PHP has come to be a de facto building block for the Web.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
In the Bucha district, one woman was killed and 21 people were wounded, eight of them children, while hundreds of buildings were damaged, according to police.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

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By adjusting the distance between the tips, the team could stretch or compress the molecular structure, changing the voltage at which the current enhancement began.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
The company describes its structure as an inverted pyramid, with store workers at the top.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

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