residence hall

noun

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

Examples of residence hall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Christopher spoke about how the fateful moment of meeting his wife at the UCL residence hall led to their future family when accepting an honorary doctorate in 2017. Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024 Construction began in 1903 and was completed in 1937, and the buildings include a reception hall, clock tower, mosque, residence hall, throne hall, and a bizarre hunting museum with a taxidermy collection. Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023 The Palo Verde East residence hall experienced a fire in a storage space on its first floor, ASU said in a statement. Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Aug. 2023 The university's plan is for the hotel to close in May 2024 and reopen as a residence hall for the fall 2024 semester. Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023 The unlikely discovery happened this summer when construction workers attempted to install hammock poles near a student residence hall on the north end of campus, said Stacey Camp, director of the Campus Archaeology Program. Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023 Perez’s lawsuit also chronicles an Aug. 9 event at a campus residence hall that involved nudity and pornographic videos. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023 The community at Morgan State is still reeling after police said two shooters opened fire near a residence hall Oct. 3, injuring five people — four of whom were students. Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023 For some sub-districts, heights would be capped at 155 or 180 feet, about the size of the former Ames Hotel that’s now a Suffolk University residence hall. Catherine Carlock, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023

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“Residence hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/residence%20hall. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

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