residence hall

noun

formal, US
: a place where students live at a college or university

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Police in Cambridge, Massachusetts are looking for a man who is suspected of assaulting a student inside a Harvard University dorm Tuesday, and then entering an MIT residence hall without permission soon after. Neal Riley, CBS News, 20 May 2026 Just hours earlier, emergency crews responded to a separate call Tuesday evening at the Unit 3 residence hall complex, where a 21-year-old student died after falling from a building. Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 University of Wisconsin-Madison master’s student Cassie Semenas casts a ballot at Lowell Center residence hall in Madison, during Wisconsin’s spring election, which included a state Supreme Court contest, April 7, 2026. Garrett Downs, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026 But New College would also be forced to take on the debt that USFSM carries from building the $44 million residence hall and student center. Carter Weinhofer, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for residence hall

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“Residence hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/residence%20hall. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.

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