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 former office block was being converted into a hotel.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025
The home and foreign office block was finished in 1874; a sumptuous, but weak and ill-planned building designed by Scott, invita Minerva, in a style alien to his own predilections.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
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