: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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When the ceiling collapses in her Montauk apartment, she’s forced to move to a bleak low-rent motel.
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Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
The conversion of the former motel into Pacific Village began in March 2024.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Linda hustles the two of them to a nearby motel whose only employees are a surly young goth attendant (a glowering Ivy Wolk) and a sympathetic, mildly flirty super (A$AP Rocky, laidback and breezy).
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
An enormous hole opens up in the ceiling of Linda’s apartment, flooding the place and forcing her and her daughter to relocate to a motel.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
The conversion of the former motel into Pacific Village began in March 2024.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Linda hustles the two of them to a nearby motel whose only employees are a surly young goth attendant (a glowering Ivy Wolk) and a sympathetic, mildly flirty super (A$AP Rocky, laidback and breezy).
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
An enormous hole opens up in the ceiling of Linda’s apartment, flooding the place and forcing her and her daughter to relocate to a motel.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 19 Oct. 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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