Definition of "high-rises" []

• Plural form of high-rise. (noun)

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• "But you might not find a fourth floor in Chinese high-rises, because four implies death."
• "We live in these pseudo-apartments called the high-rises, which are on campus so you have to show your ID to get in, but which are set up like real apartments: living room, kitchen area, two singles and a double."
• "The piece, a towering homage to the neighborhood as it was in the 1970′s, is made up of loving portraits of residents, set in a landscape of high-rises."