: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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Its flaws are well known — anyone staying in a motel or couch surfing with friends, for example, is likely to stay hidden — and officials have long cautioned that the one-day tally represents only the bare minimum number of homeless people countywide.
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
The pair, who were lovers, led authorities on an 11-day manhunt across Tennessee and Indiana, which eventually culminated in a confrontation outside an Evansville, Indiana, motel room.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2025
In an accompanying move, the Village Board established a hotel/motel tax in the amount of 5% of gross rental receipts, which would apply to the new rental units.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Nearly two dozen people were displaced when a fire broke in the early morning hours at a motel in Groton.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
The pair, who were lovers, led authorities on an 11-day manhunt across Tennessee and Indiana, which eventually culminated in a confrontation outside an Evansville, Indiana, motel room.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2025
In an accompanying move, the Village Board established a hotel/motel tax in the amount of 5% of gross rental receipts, which would apply to the new rental units.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Nearly two dozen people were displaced when a fire broke in the early morning hours at a motel in Groton.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 28 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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