as in studio apartment
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Recent Examples of railroad flat
The apartment’s railroad flat configuration is a plus.
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Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 July 2024
Shelton moved with her five kids to a railroad flat on Blake Street in Berkeley.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2022
Shortly after Howe was born, in 1940, her family moved from Buffalo to a railroad flat near Harvard Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
—Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 July 2024
Shelton moved with her five kids to a railroad flat on Blake Street in Berkeley.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2022
Shortly after Howe was born, in 1940, her family moved from Buffalo to a railroad flat near Harvard Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
—Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for railroad flat
- studio apartment
- garden apartment
- duplex apartment
- efficiency apartment
- granny flat
- efficiency
- condo
- duplex
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The layout is open and airy with plenty of windows and doors leading to a single interior room, like a studio apartment.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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Back in 2003, Mr. Seeley, then 23 was living with his girlfriend in Park Slope and paying $1,000 a month for a first-floor, 400-square foot studio apartment.—
Alix Strauss,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Secret Life of Pets actor also wanted to include a window in his shower because his favorite garden apartment in Chicago had that feature.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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From $151 per night. BOOK NOW Pink Paradise in New Orleans, Louisiana This historic garden apartment—built in 1875— is a stunner on the inside and out.—
Kristi Kellogg,
Architectural Digest,
21 Oct. 2024
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The duplex apartment measures roughly 9,200 square feet with five bedrooms and six bathrooms.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2024
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Although she was born in Oakland, California, most of Harris’s early childhood was spent in a nondescript duplex apartment located above a day care facility in an area of West Berkeley known as the flatlands (her parents met as graduate students at UC Berkeley).—
Michelle Duncan,
Architectural Digest,
31 July 2024
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The firm has built 11 efficiency apartment buildings across the country.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2025
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The inn also offers two efficiency apartments for longer-term stays.—
Korrin Bishop,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2024
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Catch up quick: Casitas are tiny homes behind larger houses that can be rented out or occupied by family (leading to their other names — in-law suites and granny flats).—
Megan Stringer,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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One potential reform is to expand access to accessory dwelling units, which includes granny flats, basement apartments, coach houses and other living spaces added to existing single-family lots.—
Micky Horstman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Artificial intelligence is transforming the underwriting landscape by dramatically increasing speed, accuracy and efficiency.—
Andrew Curtis,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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And for an administration that says it's focused on reducing waste and improving efficiency, that is unacceptable.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That’s little comfort for residents like Mark Polinsky, 72, who in January almost lost his condo near Fashion Valley to a possible encampment fire.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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From these vantage points, old and new Aspen converge in a panoramic sweep of mountains that have towered here for eons, rooftops of condos that sprang up in recent years, a swirl of tourists mingling with longtime locals.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Three of the six spaces here were the upper floors of duplexes on the 12th floor.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
6 Mar. 2025
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Tiny House Listings has been busy of late, recently completing a duplex tiny house and an extra-wide apartment-like model too.—
Adam Williams,
New Atlas,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Railroad flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroad%20flat. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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