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see-through building
 n.— «In Houston, where the oil bust of the mid-1980s led to see-through buildings devoid of tenants, brokers are wary of space proliferating in the “energy corridor,” running along Interstate 10 from western Houston toward the suburb of Katy.» —“The great suburban overbuild” by Stephane Fitch Forbes September 6, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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