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
Scores of providers sprang up along a corridor stretching west from the San Gabriel Valley through the San Fernando Valley, which now has the highest concentration of hospices in the nation — an epicenter that sits along Victory Boulevard.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Others have required hospice care.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
Prior to her death, Pierce was in hospice care for two months due to ongoing medical conditions, a family source told TMZ.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
In addition to bringing medical care to remote mountain villages half a world away, Halifax has ministered to the dying in hospice, worked with the homeless in New Mexico, cared for prisoners on death row, and led countless protests for peace.
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Others have required hospice care.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
Prior to her death, Pierce was in hospice care for two months due to ongoing medical conditions, a family source told TMZ.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
In addition to bringing medical care to remote mountain villages half a world away, Halifax has ministered to the dying in hospice, worked with the homeless in New Mexico, cared for prisoners on death row, and led countless protests for peace.
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospice
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As for the tourists, their van pulls up, far in the background of a long shot that gazes through the grand lobby of the hotel—where, in the foreground, a small folk orchestra of blind musicians, accompanied by a dance troupe’s festive gyrations, provides a showy welcome.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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And at the top of the Peace-of-Mind list is Barbados, an island in the eastern Caribbean that stood out for its honeymoon infrastructure (think plenty of luxury, all-inclusive hotels and romantic on-island experiences), low crime rates, and favorable hurricane and disruption risk.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Feb. 2026
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Other travel brands, like Generator Hotels and Zoku, feature hostel-style accommodations or bunk bed rooms for travelers that are willing to share a room.—
Ramsey Qubein,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Queensland authorities told reporters that the victim had spent the past six weeks working at a backpacker’s hostel with a friend who was also from Canada.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Don’t leave without ordering a Bar X plate of fries and dipping sauce to enjoy while soaking up the tavern’s wide range of cocktails, beers, and wines.—
Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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The tavern was a main gathering point at the start of the Revolutionary War, and once held Nathaniel Hawthorne and Theodore Roosevelt.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Hospice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospice. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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