: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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The two men had been involved in an altercation at a local motel when officers detained them and called in Border Patrol.
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billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Investigators took several electronics from the motel for forensic analysis, the police department said.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Her body was discovered Jan. 29, 2007, in a motel parking lot in Suwanee, about 30 miles northeast of Atlanta.
—Tim Evans, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
So when Swaggart was spotted outside a seedy motel near New Orleans, someone tipped off Gorman.
—Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2025
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Amanda Castro
billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Investigators took several electronics from the motel for forensic analysis, the police department said.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Her body was discovered Jan. 29, 2007, in a motel parking lot in Suwanee, about 30 miles northeast of Atlanta.
—Tim Evans, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
So when Swaggart was spotted outside a seedy motel near New Orleans, someone tipped off Gorman.
—Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2025
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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motel
noun
mo·tel
mō-ˈtel 
: a building or group of buildings which provide lodgings and in which the rooms are usually reached directly from an outdoor parking lot
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