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skyscraper

noun

sky·​scrap·​er ˈskī-ˌskrā-pər How to pronounce skyscraper (audio)
: a very tall building

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The company is partnering with Perennial Holdings to build the tallest skyscraper in Singapore, and its Southeast Asia arm Lazada saw total orders growing 10% year-over-year during the second quarter. Yue Wang, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 And rather than cowering before an enraged Communist Party, the people of Taiwan announced their defiance in lights on Taipei’s tallest skyscraper, with the message: Speaker Pelosi … Welcome to TW. Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 William Le Baron Jenny’s building at LaSalle and Adams streets — becomes the world’s first steel-frame skyscraper. Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2022 For the past three years, however, Brumunddal has earned a new claim to fame: home to Mjøstårnet, the world's tallest wooden skyscraper—a record that will probably fall in a matter of weeks. Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 10 May 2022 Most architectural historians credit the 10-story red brick and granite Home Insurance Building, built in 1885 at the corner of La Salle and Adams streets, as the first modern skyscraper. Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com, 29 Jan. 2022 Fifteen months after losing his cleaning job at Boston’s tallest skyscraper, Elmer Andino was finally called back to work in July. BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021 Supertech was one of the most aggressive developers in northern India, with plans to build thousands of apartments, as well as an 80-story skyscraper named Supernova, which would have been one of the country’s tallest buildings. Shefali Anand, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 At one end a skyscraper of the Montreal sort—like the Bell Telephone Building on Beaver Hall Hill. Mavis Gallant, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of skyscraper was in 1882

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