as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
the monks run a hospice for travelers in their mountain retreat
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Recent Examples of hospice
Neither Kai nor Windham offered additional information about what led to Rotunda entering hospice care, but said the situation is especially sad given the loss the family has already suffered.
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David Matthews, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The teams also visit people in hospitals, in hospice, with special needs or developmental challenges and those dealing with disasters.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
This version, however, focuses on his friendship with 12-year-old Georg, who discovers and secretly raises the puppy in a mountain hospice, leading to adventures in the Swiss alps.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
After being hospitalized with sepsis and a blood clot, legendary transgender rights activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy has returned home to receive hospice care, according to a post from the Griffin-Gracy Educational and Historical Center, an organization the Stonewall veteran launched in 2017.
—Mikelle Street, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
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David Matthews, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The teams also visit people in hospitals, in hospice, with special needs or developmental challenges and those dealing with disasters.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
This version, however, focuses on his friendship with 12-year-old Georg, who discovers and secretly raises the puppy in a mountain hospice, leading to adventures in the Swiss alps.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
After being hospitalized with sepsis and a blood clot, legendary transgender rights activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy has returned home to receive hospice care, according to a post from the Griffin-Gracy Educational and Historical Center, an organization the Stonewall veteran launched in 2017.
—Mikelle Street, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospice
Noun
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Carriers are required to refund customers whose flights are canceled but not to cover costs such as food and hotels unless a delay or cancellation results from a factor within the control of the airlines, according to the Department of Transportation.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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The harassment described in the second protective order, and also witnessed by McKinsey Glover, was said to have happened in the lobby area of the hotel, where other attendees would have seen Bush's alleged behavior.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The hostel also offers access to ice fishing in huts on the Saguenay Fjord, plus an onsite café that regularly features live music.—
Outside,
Outside,
3 Nov. 2025
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Volunteering opportunities across each of these platforms are as vast and varied as any other form of travel, from hostels seeking receptionists, cleaners and party promoters, to surf schools in need of teachers, to local families looking for childcare workers.—
Georgiana Ralphs,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Indianapolis is no stranger to taverns with curious characters and colorful pasts, and its dive bar scene remains strong hundreds of years later.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
7 Nov. 2025
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Catch a hockey game at TD Garden, browse the boutiques of Beacon Hill and Newbury Street, or duck into a cozy tavern for a pint in the Back Bay.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Hospice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospice. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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