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skyscraper

noun

Definition of skyscraper

as in tower

a very tall building in a city

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Recent Examples of skyscraper One bright morning in late June, dozens of law enforcement officers gathered in a Secret Service meeting room on the top floor of a downtown Brooklyn skyscraper, with a commanding view of the New York City skyline. — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026 One is Eye Witness (1987), a wintry landscape of two figures who seem to look away from an apparition of sorts; a skyscraper in the distance bears a resemblance to the Empire State Building. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The capital’s numerous skyscrapers amplified the sensation of movement, sending frightened residents into streets and open spaces. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026 Every gravity-defying pool that has followed-from those perched on tropical clifftops to the ones suspended in Dubai skyscrapers-owes something to that oceanfront plunge in the South of France. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for skyscraper

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Goliath, one of Six Flags Over Georgia's headline attractions, towers above the park's entrance.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Five Park received extraordinary, site-specific zoning approvals, yet developers are using it to argue for 500-foot towers elsewhere without independent scrutiny, Suarez said.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

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On one side, the former townhouse faces the splendour of the US Embassy building and its gardens.

— Julia Wytrazek, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
If a year in, the founder is still in every meeting and the new hire is the most exhausted person in the building, the company did not hire an operator.

— Ken Paskins, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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