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n. (high-rise English)
Usage examples of "high-rises".
The depressing rows of high-rises, glass-fronted offices and giant retailers not unlike Wal-Mart were only slightly alleviated by the roundabouts and curbsides planted with row upon row of colorful flowers.
I want to mention these things because they all happened in that city that was no place exactly, that was part of no country because it was all countries, and because now if you go there you’ll see modern high-rises, amnesiac boulevards, teeming sweatshops, a NATO headquarters, and a sign that says Izmir .
Seemingly without transition we were out of the country and winding through narrow, rain-filled streets that twisted past blocks of derelict high-rises, miles of tin-roofed slums, and endless vistas of decaying, blackened storefronts.
Even the empty, scarred high-rises and lean-tos in the muddy fields seemed cleansed by the sun's benediction.
As in many modern high-rises, for reasons of efficient ventilation and energy conservation, windows did not open.
Outside, the high-rises on either side of the motorway sped by, reflecting the orb of the lowering sun.
The side of his face that was as poreless as plastic shone like the glass windows of the high-rises that were now far behind them.