: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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Later this year, the organization plans to break ground on a six-story clinic that will double the size of its current facility — two buildings that were originally a motel and an apartment.
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Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
Investigators say the man was an employee at the motel and also the woman’s ex-boyfriend, the Evansville Courier & Press reported.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2024
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Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
Investigators say the man was an employee at the motel and also the woman’s ex-boyfriend, the Evansville Courier & Press reported.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2024
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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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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