: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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The layout of Novac isn’t entirely accurate — Dinky is facing the wrong way, and the in-game motel doesn’t have a swimming pool — but the details that matter are perfect.
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Jack King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Wallace saw Howard riding in a sport utility vehicle trying to leave the motel parking lot and used his patrol vehicle to block the vehicle's exit, the release says.
—Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 16 Dec. 2025
In Identity, a group of strangers become trapped in a desert motel during a storm and someone (or something) starts picking them off one by one.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
Short films and photos captured over history — and during the most recent journey at classic landmarks, diners, motels and gas stations — will be on display, too.
—Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
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Jack King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Wallace saw Howard riding in a sport utility vehicle trying to leave the motel parking lot and used his patrol vehicle to block the vehicle's exit, the release says.
—Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 16 Dec. 2025
In Identity, a group of strangers become trapped in a desert motel during a storm and someone (or something) starts picking them off one by one.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
Short films and photos captured over history — and during the most recent journey at classic landmarks, diners, motels and gas stations — will be on display, too.
—Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 21 Dec. 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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