: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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Over the coming year, San Jose will add more than 1,400 shelter placements between safe sleeping and safe parking sites, hotel and motel room conversions and tiny home communities.
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Devan Patel, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Comments Three bodies in a motel room lead the NCIS team to Sam Hannah, who’s been working as a congressional liaison after the death of his Elite squad in Hawaii.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Her body was discovered a few days later in a motel room rented by Rogers, according to the motion.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Since 2022, her Inside Safe program has been moving people off the street and into hotels, motels and permanent housing.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Devan Patel, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Comments Three bodies in a motel room lead the NCIS team to Sam Hannah, who’s been working as a congressional liaison after the death of his Elite squad in Hawaii.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Her body was discovered a few days later in a motel room rented by Rogers, according to the motion.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Since 2022, her Inside Safe program has been moving people off the street and into hotels, motels and permanent housing.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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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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