: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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Chee and Manuelito show up at the motel office, asking the sleazeball running the place if he's seen a car with California plates.
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Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
Law enforcement quickly identified Pysher as the person behind the username on Discord and tracked him to the motel, according to the complaint.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Law enforcement officers later arrived at the motel and encountered Pysher and the victim.
—Austin Turner, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
In one case, a vehicle taken from a motel and driven off in the owner’s SUV was later located abandoned near a river after drone surveillance narrowed the search area.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026
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Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
Law enforcement quickly identified Pysher as the person behind the username on Discord and tracked him to the motel, according to the complaint.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Law enforcement officers later arrived at the motel and encountered Pysher and the victim.
—Austin Turner, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
In one case, a vehicle taken from a motel and driven off in the owner’s SUV was later located abandoned near a river after drone surveillance narrowed the search area.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for motel
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 1 Mar. 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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