high-rise apartment

collocation in English

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high-rise
adjective
uk
/ˈhaɪ.raɪz/us
/ˈhaɪ.raɪz/
tall, with ...
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apartment
noun
uk
/əˈpɑːt.mənt/us
/əˈpɑːrt.mənt/
mainly US
a set of rooms for living in, especially on one floor of ...
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The monumental buildings were demolished and made room for luxurioushigh-riseapartmentblocks.
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High-riseapartmentcomplexes dominate the landscape.
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Crowded housing, the sewage system, and such dubious practices as spitting and throwing rubbish out ofhigh-riseapartmentbuildings came under the spotlight.
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Largehigh-riseapartmentbuildings were built in the 1960s.
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High-riseapartmentbuildings and real estate developments began to spread.
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The houses were to be demolished and replaced with threehigh-riseapartmenttowers.
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In the 1970s the district was expanded with the construction of newhigh-riseapartmentbuildings.
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Vassanth finds the perfect place on the 12th floor of ahigh-riseapartmentbuilding.
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Farther to the northwest are a shopping center andhigh-riseapartmentbuildings.
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Tumba is very diverse with bothhigh-riseapartmentbuildings and single-family houses.
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The third architectural category includeshigh-riseapartmentcomplexes and hotels in the capital.
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The couple lived in the samehigh-riseapartmentbuilding as the sitcom's title characters.
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Recent additions in the city include several hotels, supermarkets along with many newhigh-riseapartmentbuildings.
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It is located in the southeast of the 13th arrondissement in an area that contains manyhigh-riseapartmentbuildings.
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It is also a fishing harbor on the local river, near which numeroushigh-riseapartmentbuildings are being constructed.
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Building types may range from huts to multi-million dollarhigh-riseapartmentblocks able to house thousands of people.
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These were often described by later commentators as precursors of the modern-dayhigh-riseapartmentblock.
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Phase 2 of the project will include morehigh-riseapartmenttowers, including a 23-storey, 134m ft residential block.
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