Definitions
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- proper noun A
skyscraper in New York City, the tallest in the world in 1931–72.
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- noun a skyscraper built in New York City in 1931; 1250 feet tall
Etymologies
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Examples
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New England looms in less than two weeks, and the Empire State Building is headed to Brooks Brothers to pick out a crisp blue suit.
This Game Won't Be Super Bowl XLII, Part II Jason Gay 2012
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It was a last-minute surprise, but the Empire State Building tonight is lit up red and yellow for Spain's World Cup victory, a spokeswoman for the skyscraper's management company confirmed to NewYorkology via e-mail tonight.
Empire State Building lights up for Spain's World Cup win 2010
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In New York City local news, a conflict between the Catholic League and the owner of the Empire State Building over whether to illuminate the skyscraper in Mother Teresa's blue and white colors on the occasion of what would be her hundredth birthday seemed poised to erupt into a Battle Royale between the Saint of Calcutta and a Jewish millionaire developer.
Michele Somerville: Many Are 'Chosen People' -- And a Few Even Know What It Means 2010
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Threatening the owner and operator of the Empire State Building in Mother's Teresa's name strikes me as both irreverent and emblematic of all that has ever been wrong with the Roman Catholic Church.
Michele Somerville: Mother Teresa's Centenary Birthday Bash: Why I'm Against It 2010
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Skyscrapers reached ever higher, culminating in 1931 with the Empire State Building, which would remain the world's tallest building for 40 years.
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You worked at the Empire State Building as a teenager.
Empire State of Mine 2010
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You worked at the Empire State Building as a teenager.
Empire State of Mine 2010
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If you're walking through Times Square or over by the Empire State Building, sometimes it feels like everyone in the planet is already here.
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Or it could be that you never in fact made it to the top of the Empire State Building because it wasn't high on your list of priorities when you first moved to New York.
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If Bush fell off of the Empire State Building, would it hurt?
Archive 2008-09-01 News from Mad Plato 2008
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