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Recent Examples of railroad flat
Their first place had been a railroad flat, four flights up, three avenues over on Columbus, amid the drug dealers and the prostitutes, the opera singers and the social workers, fine for newlyweds starting out.
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Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
The apartment’s railroad flat configuration is a plus.
—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
Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
The apartment’s railroad flat configuration is a plus.
—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
Noun
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The size of a typical studio apartment is 500 to 600 square feet.—
Kate Talerico,
Mercury News,
14 July 2025
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Photo: Adriane Quinlan The new green room is the size of a studio apartment and came furnished.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
18 June 2025
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The result tees up a vote today by the full City Council, when aldermen could give a green light clearing the way for new garden apartments, attic-to-housing conversions and coach housing.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
16 July 2025
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Adding to the home’s flexibility, whether for extended family or live-in staff, there’s a three-bedroom garden apartment on the lower level with a private entry.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
8 May 2025
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The duplex apartment occupies the top floors of a 19th-century carriage house that is hidden down a gated former horse passageway just off of New York's Times Square and has played a starring role in both film and TV.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
3 June 2025
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The two upper floors contain an independent duplex apartment with both interior access and a separate staircase to the ground-floor entrance.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
16 May 2025
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Listen to this article The owner of a low-cost motel near I-84 is looking to convert it into 65 efficiency apartments, the kind of repurposing that Connecticut housing advocates have been pushing for in the General Assembly.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2025
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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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People will be tempted to build ADUs [accessory dwelling units, also known as backyard apartments or ‘granny flats’] and maximize profits by turning them into STRVs.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 June 2025
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The man who claimed to be disrupting the backyard housing industry — securing financing, permits and building granny flats across San Diego County, before collecting millions of dollars without doing the work — is now seeking federal protection from his many creditors.—
Jeff Mcdonald,
Mercury News,
13 June 2025
Noun
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You are not designed for speed, efficiency, and convenience.—
Pia Lauritzen,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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Elsewhere The Langham engages in several meaningful efficiency efforts, including the use of low-wattage LED lighting; linen reuse for guests who opt out of daily refreshes; low-flow water fixtures; and various recycling efforts, including a program for fryer oil.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
19 July 2025
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From the Miami Surfside condo collapse to the destructive fires in Maui and Los Angeles and countless floods and tornadoes, these days the steady drumbeat of disasters has been relentless, Hymel said.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
19 July 2025
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In Florida, the situation is even more volatile, not least because the local insurance crisis, exacerbated by the Surfside condo collapse and increasing climate risk, has led to eye-popping premiums.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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West Metro Fire Rescue crews and Lakewood police responded to the 1700 block of Cody Street at 7:15 p.m. after several people called 911 about a fire at a duplex, the agencies said Saturday.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
12 July 2025
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Medical personnel attempted to treat her injuries, but she was pronounced dead at 9:50 a.m. The landlord, who lived in the upper unit of the duplex, told police that his assailant had entered the unit by force before shooting him several times.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
10 July 2025
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“Railroad flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroad%20flat. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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