common room
noun
1
: a lounge available to all members of a residential community
2
: a room in a college for faculty use
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Staff and families filled a common room with cards, cake and cameras as the community turned a quiet January day into a rare event.
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Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Accessibility and Sustainability While much of the lodge is on a single level, the suites and common rooms have not been adapted for wheelchair users, and none are ADA-compliant.
—Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
For example, another scene in the series depicts several couples conjugating simultaneously in a common room full of bunk beds, which definitely never happened.
—Jane Borden, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2025
Launched in 2018 in Dover, New Hampshire, the initial idea was to have an all-women’s artist collective with studios surrounding a common room.
—Deanna Taylor, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
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Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Accessibility and Sustainability While much of the lodge is on a single level, the suites and common rooms have not been adapted for wheelchair users, and none are ADA-compliant.
—Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
For example, another scene in the series depicts several couples conjugating simultaneously in a common room full of bunk beds, which definitely never happened.
—Jane Borden, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2025
Launched in 2018 in Dover, New Hampshire, the initial idea was to have an all-women’s artist collective with studios surrounding a common room.
—Deanna Taylor, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
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“Common room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20room. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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