office block
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of office block
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Ruger is headquartered in a nondescript two-story office block in Southport, Conn., next to a massage parlor and beauty salon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck, having previously occupied an empty office block in northern Paris, used a former Paris university building for his show this last season.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The bank he leads, JPMorgan Chase, said Thursday it would construct London’s largest office block.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
The current vacant office block at 130 Fenchurch Street, known as Fountain House, will be demolished to make way for two new towers, one with 31 storeys and the other 34.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025
After weighing for some weeks all he could learn about the wreck on the African coast, Cartwright went to London and was carried up one morning to the second floor of an imposing office block.
From Lister's Great Adventure by Bindloss, Harold
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