: a room (as in a hospital) equipped for relaxation and recreation
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In one dayroom, the heat index exceeded 88 degrees for 121 consecutive days, 93 degrees for 35 straight days, 98 degrees for nine days, and reached 108 degrees for 34 hours without relief.
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Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
In the dayroom, the card players murmur, the sleepers sleep.
—Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
But the dayroom is largely unused. State regulations require jails to offer every person in custody at least 10 hours of weekly out-of-cell time — seven in a dayroom and three in a rec yard.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
The attack occurred just before 7 p.m. in the dayroom of the high-security facility.
—Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2025
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Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
In the dayroom, the card players murmur, the sleepers sleep.
—Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
But the dayroom is largely unused. State regulations require jails to offer every person in custody at least 10 hours of weekly out-of-cell time — seven in a dayroom and three in a rec yard.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
The attack occurred just before 7 p.m. in the dayroom of the high-security facility.
—Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2025
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“Dayroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dayroom. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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