fourplex
noun
four·plex
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Definition of fourplex
: a building that contains four separate apartments
Examples of fourplex in a Sentence
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And local governments must allow fourplexes in single-family neighborhoods in the state’s urban areas. — Los Angeles Times, "California housing crisis podcast: Why Oregon passed big housing bills that eluded California," 5 Aug. 2019 Multifamily Duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes offer another option. — Shannon Cobb Evans, Houston Chronicle, "Realtor View: Which property is the best fit for your needs?," 30 June 2019 Residents of fourplexes, for example, worked out their own agreement with a hauler to share one bin and one hauler. — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, "Soucheray: Trash-collection ruling is a lesson for St. Paul, but city isn’t listening," 8 June 2019 The legislation would have automatically rezoned areas around transit stops to allow for mid-rise apartment buildings and cleared the way for fourplexes in currently single-family home neighborhoods. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "How the fight against climate change is exacerbating San Diego’s affordable housing crisis," 24 June 2019 By the time Suggs presented the plan to ACHD, the fourplexes were gone, replaced by townhouses, and the number of units had shrunk to 28. — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, "Developer's plan for a small subdivision sparks fight over growth in Boise's City Hall," 7 June 2018 When Jane Suggs, a planner with WH Pacific who is representing CBH, met with neighbors in the area in October, Sabana was proposed to have 33 housing units, including a number of fourplexes. — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, "Developer's plan for a small subdivision sparks fight over growth in Boise's City Hall," 7 June 2018 Single-family houses, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes would be exempt. — Rong-gong Lin Ii, latimes.com, "California needs new laws to boost earthquake safety, assemblyman says," 15 Mar. 2018 O’Donnell’s home address is listed at a residence in the same fourplex where he was found. — Ian Cummings And Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity, "Weekend homicide victim identified as 48-year-old KCK man," 12 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fourplex.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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