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
If hospice patients can grow and change at the end of life, why not grow and change now?
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Arianna Huffington, Time, 16 Feb. 2026
They were sent by Sullivan's friend who is a Tibetan nun and created by children in a pediatric hospice who make the flowers to lift the spirits of others who are struggling.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 12 Feb. 2026
On Thursday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the arrests of seven people accused of hospice fraud in Monterey County.
—Linh Tat, Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
Last week, the topic took center stage again when Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, posted a video accusing Armenian crime groups of carrying out widespread hospice fraud in Los Angeles.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
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Arianna Huffington, Time, 16 Feb. 2026
They were sent by Sullivan's friend who is a Tibetan nun and created by children in a pediatric hospice who make the flowers to lift the spirits of others who are struggling.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 12 Feb. 2026
On Thursday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the arrests of seven people accused of hospice fraud in Monterey County.
—Linh Tat, Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
Last week, the topic took center stage again when Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, posted a video accusing Armenian crime groups of carrying out widespread hospice fraud in Los Angeles.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospice
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The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday that out of 941 Iranian drones detected since the start of the Iran war, 65 fell within its territory, damaging ports, airports, hotels and data centers.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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Returning late from the PBR event to find downtown kitchens largely dark, the hotel lobby bar server overheard that my partner and I were starving.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Mar. 2026
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The learning center used to be a hostel, its spartan facilities a challenge, a lawyer mom told Lilian, for the stay-at-home mothers who would otherwise have been perfect candidates for the task of chaperoning.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Van Dyke, who owned a hostel for surfers in Puerto Viejo on the country’s Caribbean coast for many years, was with his girlfriend when intruders barged into his residence, the OIJ said.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
17 Feb. 2026
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There are 50,000 video gambling terminals, in most of the taverns and convenience stores in the state.—
Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Restaurants like Stan and Joe’s Saloon and Middleton Tavern (circa 1750 and one of the oldest operating taverns in America) feature live music and special menus.—
Katie Riley,
Southern Living,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Hospice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospice. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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