motel

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Recent Examples of motel According to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to the motel after reports of a person shot. Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 30 June 2026 The final clip features Knoxville and Tremaine sitting on a motel bed, debriefing after a particularly dangerous stunt. T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 26 June 2026 Checking into one of the best Santa Fe Airbnbs—instead of a hotel, resort, inn, or motel—manifests a deeper immersion into Southwestern living. Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026 Transient guest taxes come from hotel and motel stays within the city’s limits. Sofi Zeman june 25, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for motel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motel
Noun
  • The spa, curiously or not, is next door to a primate-research center.
    Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • After 5 free live music in the spring, and a Sunday mariachi brunch at Mal Pan can flow straight into a spa afternoon and a martini tower at DTR SouthPark — no car needed.
    Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Three outdoor swimming pools and complimentary daily yoga classes give the property a resort feel.
    Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • As we were carted to our bungalow late on a Friday night, my husband joked that the main gate’s grand entrance had a Jurassic Park feel, to which our bellhop countered that it had also been compared to a White Lotus resort.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • From the military to the mountains Like many other words in the English language, Hurd says, the word comes from the French word camp, which means temporary military lodgings.
    Natalie Escobar, NPR, 25 June 2026
  • The plan is for the team to make a four-hour bus ride to Inglewood to play, and then return to lodgings in Mexico.
    Pat Maio, Daily News, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • Steps lead down from the house to the pool area, where a separate studio can be used as a pool house or for additional guest accommodations.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 June 2026
  • But their employers rejected the workers' requests for religious accommodations and fired them.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Weisberg points to cases like that of Gabby Petito, where ordinary citizens reviewing their own dashcam footage provided the breakthrough investigators needed to find her remains in a remote Wyoming campground.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • Over 82 nights in April, May, September and October, researchers interviewed visitors after dusk at campgrounds, scenic overlooks and parking areas.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Home to a youth hostel and folk museum, Glencoe is mostly a destination for outdoorspeople looking to kayak, mountain climb, go trekking, or pitch tents.
    Timothy Latterner, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The government has arranged accommodation in hotels and youth hostels for the next few weeks, but finding more permanent accommodation for them in a city notorious for its tight housing market will be a challenge.
    Shawna Kwan, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Penny Lane The Lark Hotel Group has taken over a former motor inn that had seen better days.
    Nancy Kane, Curbed, 25 June 2026
  • Michigan Lake Shore Resort, Saugatuck Lake Shore's retro vibe is the real deal—Joseph and Anna Milauckas built the place as a motor inn in 1952.
    Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Other than a rebranding from Goodnight Court to Classic Inn, little has changed over the past eight decades at the tourist court.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
  • No longer a tourist court, the building was reconfigured into a private home.
    Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025

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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motel. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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