Empire State
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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From the Empire State Building to One World Trade Center, skyscrapers were lit up orange and blue - the Knicks' team colours.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
That’s the weight of three Empire State Buildings.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The Cube – a massive structure of flats and offices that could have contained the Empire State Building 20 times over – has been jettisoned entirely.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Import prices for March are due at 8:30 a.m., along with the Empire State manufacturing index for April.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
“The Empire State Building is located at latitude 40 degrees, 44 minutes, 53.977 seconds north; longitude 73 degrees, 59 minutes, 10.812 seconds west. Thank you.”
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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