: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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Two days earlier, Cañon City Police Department officers had been sent to a motel room where a baby was found unresponsive.
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Logan Smith, CBS News, 23 May 2026
Experts and officials say the progress is largely thanks to the billions of dollars in public spending statewide, expanding street outreach, boosting rental assistance and converting motels into shelters and supportive housing, among other efforts to alleviate homelessness.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
New York nightlife veteran Jayma Cardoso opened the Surf Lodge back in 2008, renovating an unassuming motel on the edge of Fort Pond years before Montauk became a hotbed of BFA paparazzi photos and brand activations.
—Waiss Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Stayner, who was a handyman at the motel where the three were staying, confessed the crimes to the FBI months later.
—Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
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Logan Smith, CBS News, 23 May 2026
Experts and officials say the progress is largely thanks to the billions of dollars in public spending statewide, expanding street outreach, boosting rental assistance and converting motels into shelters and supportive housing, among other efforts to alleviate homelessness.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
New York nightlife veteran Jayma Cardoso opened the Surf Lodge back in 2008, renovating an unassuming motel on the edge of Fort Pond years before Montauk became a hotbed of BFA paparazzi photos and brand activations.
—Waiss Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Stayner, who was a handyman at the motel where the three were staying, confessed the crimes to the FBI months later.
—Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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motel
noun
mo·tel
mō-ˈtel 
: a building or group of buildings which provide lodgings and in which the rooms are usually reached directly from an outdoor parking lot
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