: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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Later, tidy plats of cinder block-and-concrete houses for snowbirds and beach motels scattered Anna Maria Island as new properties developed along the gorgeous shore.
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Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
True to its motel origins, all 66 rooms — including four suites — are connected via three levels of outdoor corridors.
—Ryan Smith, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2024
The official trailer, released Thursday, offers a tear-jerking first look at the pair’s many misadventures, which appear to include watching dirt track racing, doing cannonballs in a motel pool, and hanging out with Tina Fey.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 5 Sep. 2024
The next day, on Nov. 9, 2023, motel cleaning staff found the woman’s body, according to a previous press release shared by the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
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Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
True to its motel origins, all 66 rooms — including four suites — are connected via three levels of outdoor corridors.
—Ryan Smith, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2024
The official trailer, released Thursday, offers a tear-jerking first look at the pair’s many misadventures, which appear to include watching dirt track racing, doing cannonballs in a motel pool, and hanging out with Tina Fey.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 5 Sep. 2024
The next day, on Nov. 9, 2023, motel cleaning staff found the woman’s body, according to a previous press release shared by the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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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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