lodgment

variants or lodgement
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as in accommodation
a place to sleep and related amenities for the temporary use of a tourist or traveler dismayed at the shabby lodgments that were the only option of cross-country travelers at the time

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of lodgment Advancing up to a mile in a month or so and seizing a lodgment in the Ukrainian defenses surrounding Pokrovsk, the Russians are now in a position to exploit this gain. David Axe, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025 Typically, the bike troops lead an assault, speeding into new positions to secure safe lodgments for follow-on forces including increasingly precious tanks and other armored vehicles. David Axe, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 From their Inhulets lodgment, Ukrainian troops riding in T-64 tanks and BMP fighting vehicles advanced on the town of Davydiv Brid, 40 miles northeast of Kherson. David Axe, Forbes, 21 June 2022 While the fighting continued around Davydiv Brid last week, the Ukrainian army launched a second counteroffensive along the line of contact between Kherson and the free city of Mykolaiv, west of the Inhulets lodgment. David Axe, Forbes, 15 June 2022 From the Inhulets lodgment, Ukrainian troops riding in T-64 tanks and BMP fighting vehicles have attacked toward the town of Davydiv Brid, 40 miles from Kherson. David Axe, Forbes, 15 June 2022 In a week of hard fighting, the Ukrainians slowly established a lodgment on the far bank of the river. David Axe, Forbes, 6 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lodgment
Noun
  • The annual Ten Thousand Commandments report has, since 1993, tracked the inexorable accumulation of federal regulation.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The United States would be, to put it mildly, naïve to believe that the accumulation of intelligence and modern warfare knowledge by North Korea, China and Iran presents no threat to the United States.
    Laura Thornton, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Bitter End is not wheelchair accessible and does not have ADA-compliant accommodations.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
  • Diplomatic accommodation has also gone far beyond the usual standards.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Moore gave a prime-time speech on Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention last summer and was one of the most in-demand speakers at the gathering in Chicago.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
  • In addition to a new marina and two hotels, the project also includes a new 120,000-square-foot commercial core that will house shops, restaurants and public gathering spaces.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Inspections often reported unsanitary conditions at the lodgings, specifically mold.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • The Inn at Carnal Hall, built in 1905 as the first women’s dormitory at the University of Arkansas, is a unique lodging with first-class rooms and excellent breakfast fare.
    Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • There’s no outpouring of new research, no bigger-than-ever assemblage of buried or forgotten work.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
  • The Biennial also features a presentation of paintings from the Gardena High School Art Collection, an assemblage of California Impressionism that began in 1919, and a program curated by present-day teenagers of works drawn from the Orange County Museum of Art collection. Saturday through Jan. 4.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025

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“Lodgment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodgment. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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