as in restrooms
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
everyone should use the bathroom before we leave on the long trip
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Recent Examples of bathrooms
Also, nobody smokes cigarettes anymore; school bathrooms are installed with silent alarms in case of vaping.
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
The 48 homes would be about 2,180-square feet with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a basement.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
The Howard County home, the former residence of an IT engineering executive, has seven bedrooms (most with hardwood floors), eight bathrooms (five full) and more than 16,000 square feet of living space.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
Imagine a big box, Book said — a large, indoor space with beds, bathrooms and onsite health services.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
Much of the changes the school is implementing involve ensuring that special-education staff do not bring cellphones into bathrooms and are not left alone with students in the sensory room or during bathroom procedures.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2025
Under the bill, sponsored by Councilmember Sandy Nurse, the city would be required to develop a blueprint for building more bathrooms, with a specific benchmark of getting 2,120 public toilets available in the next 10 years, although there’s no mandate for the city to make good on that number.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
Under the bill, at least half of the bathrooms would be publicly owned, with the other 50% possible through public-private partnerships.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article New York City will make plans to build more than 1,000 new public bathrooms over the next decade under a bill passed by the City Council Thursday that seeks to address a serious shortage of toilets open to all.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
The 48 homes would be about 2,180-square feet with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a basement.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
The Howard County home, the former residence of an IT engineering executive, has seven bedrooms (most with hardwood floors), eight bathrooms (five full) and more than 16,000 square feet of living space.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
Imagine a big box, Book said — a large, indoor space with beds, bathrooms and onsite health services.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
Much of the changes the school is implementing involve ensuring that special-education staff do not bring cellphones into bathrooms and are not left alone with students in the sensory room or during bathroom procedures.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2025
Under the bill, sponsored by Councilmember Sandy Nurse, the city would be required to develop a blueprint for building more bathrooms, with a specific benchmark of getting 2,120 public toilets available in the next 10 years, although there’s no mandate for the city to make good on that number.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
Under the bill, at least half of the bathrooms would be publicly owned, with the other 50% possible through public-private partnerships.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article New York City will make plans to build more than 1,000 new public bathrooms over the next decade under a bill passed by the City Council Thursday that seeks to address a serious shortage of toilets open to all.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bathrooms
restrooms
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House Speaker Mike Johnson said transgender women cannot use women's restrooms, changing rooms or locker rooms in the Capitol and House office buildings.—
Kiara Alfonseca,
ABC News,
3 Jan. 2025
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Three ceiling lights were out in the kitchen and there was a hole in the wall between the restrooms, the report said.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Bathrooms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bathrooms. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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