as in apartment
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
an exhibit of pictures showing the tenements of the New York City neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen during the 1920s
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Recent Examples of tenement
Lopes needed an adult role model and one came along in the coach at an opposing high school, Mike Sarkesian, who grew up in a Providence tenement but became the basketball coach and athletic director at Iowa Wesleyan College the year Lopes graduated from high school.
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
German Jews—my people—were far less numerous, most of them came to the United States earlier, and their typical first occupation was peddling, which entailed wandering through non-Jewish areas, not living in tenements.
—Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
The tenements featured in Marty Supreme of course replicated those from the 1950s.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026
The museum is spread across two historic tenement buildings with recreated 19th- and 20th-century apartments that tell the stories of the people who once lived here.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2026
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
German Jews—my people—were far less numerous, most of them came to the United States earlier, and their typical first occupation was peddling, which entailed wandering through non-Jewish areas, not living in tenements.
—Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
The tenements featured in Marty Supreme of course replicated those from the 1950s.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026
The museum is spread across two historic tenement buildings with recreated 19th- and 20th-century apartments that tell the stories of the people who once lived here.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenement
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The rent for the 3,000-square-foot apartment nestled off South Tryon Street and above Chima Steakhouse is currently $13,500 per month, the company said in court documents.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Apr. 2026
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Investigators collected trash from a bin in the apartment Abugharbieh shared with Limon.—
Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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From a $3 million suburban spread in Purchase to a nearly $30 million estate in Old Westbury and a Midtown penthouse overlooking the city, these are the real-life properties behind the show.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
24 Apr. 2026
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For those looking to splurge and spread out, there are two penthouses on the seventh floor, along with six private houses designed for maximum seclusion.—
Rebecca Rose,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Tenement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenement. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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