World Trade Center

Definitions

1. A complex of buildings in New York City, three of which were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, including the Twin Towers. New buildings were built to replace the destroyed buildings, one of the new buildings is the Freedom Tower.
2. A building that houses all the facilities associated with global commerce.
3. The previous configuration of this complex, from 1968 until 9/11: the former World Trade Center.

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Examples

“To obtain⟳ this information we contacted a source at the World Trade⟳ Center itself who provided us with a value for the height above sea-level for Tower Two of 417 ± 1 m.”

“Abdul Basit’s life as one of America’s most-wanted men came to an end⟳ almost as suddenly as it began. His alleged co-conspirators in the World Trade⟳ Center bombing had implicated “Ramzi Yousef” when they were arrested, and the F.B.I. had on several occasions laid elaborate plans to capture⟳ him in Pakistan, but each time he had been alerted and had disappeared, either into Karachi’s un derground or across the border⟳ into Afghanistan.”

“The twin towers of the World Trade⟳ Center soared so majestically over the Manhattan skyline that, from the pavement below, it was hard to believe⟳ that the writhing shapes falling from the upper storeys were office workers who had jumped to escape⟳ the flames.”

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