: a room (as in a hospital) equipped for relaxation and recreation
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That includes at least seven hours of dayroom time and three hours in an exercise area.
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
In response, Watts emptied his garbage bag and sent a full supply of dirty tennis balls spilling and bouncing across the dayroom.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
On Sundays this fall, Robert Bryant and 70-some other inmates at Lancaster Work Camp in Trenton, Florida, gathered in the facility’s dayroom around a 50-inch Samsung flatscreen television.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2025
In one dayroom, the heat index exceeded 88 degrees for 121 consecutive days, 93 degrees for 35 straight days, 98 degrees for nine days, and reached 108 degrees for 34 hours without relief.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
In response, Watts emptied his garbage bag and sent a full supply of dirty tennis balls spilling and bouncing across the dayroom.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
On Sundays this fall, Robert Bryant and 70-some other inmates at Lancaster Work Camp in Trenton, Florida, gathered in the facility’s dayroom around a 50-inch Samsung flatscreen television.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2025
In one dayroom, the heat index exceeded 88 degrees for 121 consecutive days, 93 degrees for 35 straight days, 98 degrees for nine days, and reached 108 degrees for 34 hours without relief.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Dayroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dayroom. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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