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Recent Examples of skyscrapers
Massive modern skyscrapers dominate the horizon, complemented by fashionable retail outlets.
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Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Traditional-style longboats cruise the rivers while skyscrapers with rooftop bars offer stunning views of the temples at night.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
Among Africa’s tallest skyscrapers, the tower is expected to generate 450 direct jobs and 3,500 indirect ones, Leila Haddaoui, director of development company O Tower, told reporters.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Not having skyscrapers close enough to see people at work or home in a big city is quite a wonderful novelty.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
For a top-notch view, JustCover recommended a visit to those same skyscrapers, including Petronas Twin Towers, KL Tower, and Exchange 106, which all have rooftop viewing decks or bars.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
Steel made from iron ore mined on Minnesota’s Iron Range built this country — from skyscrapers, to bridges and equipment used in both world wars.
—Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
There’s plenty of layering of expressway routes over city streets, with landmarks like the Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge always seemingly perfectly framed by skyscrapers.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 8 Apr. 2026
In less than 50 years, Shenzhen has gone from a rural fishing village to an expansive picture of modernity – a dense patchwork of skyscrapers, modern apartment towers, incredibly bold world-class architecture for public use, futuristic libraries and luxury designer malls.
—New Atlas, 7 Apr. 2026
Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Traditional-style longboats cruise the rivers while skyscrapers with rooftop bars offer stunning views of the temples at night.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
Among Africa’s tallest skyscrapers, the tower is expected to generate 450 direct jobs and 3,500 indirect ones, Leila Haddaoui, director of development company O Tower, told reporters.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Not having skyscrapers close enough to see people at work or home in a big city is quite a wonderful novelty.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
For a top-notch view, JustCover recommended a visit to those same skyscrapers, including Petronas Twin Towers, KL Tower, and Exchange 106, which all have rooftop viewing decks or bars.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
Steel made from iron ore mined on Minnesota’s Iron Range built this country — from skyscrapers, to bridges and equipment used in both world wars.
—Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
There’s plenty of layering of expressway routes over city streets, with landmarks like the Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge always seemingly perfectly framed by skyscrapers.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 8 Apr. 2026
In less than 50 years, Shenzhen has gone from a rural fishing village to an expansive picture of modernity – a dense patchwork of skyscrapers, modern apartment towers, incredibly bold world-class architecture for public use, futuristic libraries and luxury designer malls.
—New Atlas, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyscrapers
Noun
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Office renovations and conversions in Charlotte Post-COVID, office towers have to either entice people to come back to the cubicle or change uses.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Box was established in 2007 in downtown LA, long before the rise of the glassy towers that now crowd the area.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Most notably, those plans include reducing the size of the data information and processing buildings and moving them farther west on the site, situated just north of Southern Boulevard near 20 Mile Bend.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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The tenant who waits for the perfect situation can find that the best buildings are leased while the tenant is still evaluating.—
Allen Buchanan,
Oc Register,
2 May 2026
Noun
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The Trinity fire, which started May 1 in Phelan, burned 19 acres with no structures damaged, though the blaze destroyed an unknown number of Joshua trees.—
Blanca Begert,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
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This elliptical, enigmatic sentence, with its palindromic form (not unlike that of the Heart Sutra), signals the main thrust of Pau’s work, which employs structures of looping, repetition, and recursion to explore the space of ambiguity and uncertainty.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Skyscrapers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyscrapers. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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