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Recent Examples of high-rise
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Some of the best views of Tokyo are on display in the rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows at the Blossom Hibiya, located on the 20th to 27th floors of a high-rise building.
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Yukari Sakamoto, AFAR Media, 27 May 2025
Sun Sentinel Wild chickens take over Miami while some embrace roosters as a cultural symbol
Not only found in residential neighborhoods like Little Havana, Little Haiti and Wynwood, the fowl families are also making their home among the high-rises and government buildings downtown.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
Blasts shattered windows in high-rise apartment blocks.
—Reuters, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
The latest version is being built near the Dubai Canal in Business Bay, an area that has become a mixed-use business and residential zone filled with high-rise luxury towers.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
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Yukari Sakamoto, AFAR Media, 27 May 2025
Sun Sentinel Wild chickens take over Miami while some embrace roosters as a cultural symbol
Not only found in residential neighborhoods like Little Havana, Little Haiti and Wynwood, the fowl families are also making their home among the high-rises and government buildings downtown.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
Blasts shattered windows in high-rise apartment blocks.
—Reuters, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
The latest version is being built near the Dubai Canal in Business Bay, an area that has become a mixed-use business and residential zone filled with high-rise luxury towers.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-rise
Adjective
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Often, the victim is a family member, as was famously done by Charles Bronson in Death Wish and has continued years later with statuesque presences like Liam Neeson (with Taken easily being the most famous modern example), Gerard Butler and Jason Statham.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Dorit arrives first and Boz, as statuesque as all the halls of the Louvre, comes in second.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Carter/Getty Images This combination of high prices and elevated mortgage rates is still keeping many U.S. buyers to the sidelines of the market.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Although rates are off their highs, they are still elevated and worth watching.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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“High-rise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-rise. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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