Thesaurus results for BED-SITTER

bed-sitter

noun

variants also bedsit or bed-sitting-room

Definition of bed-sitter

British

as in penthouse

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Recent Examples of bed-sitter This show began with two childhood friends in a Barnsbury bedsit trying to make each other laugh and cry. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026

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Noun

Four suite categories – from penthouse to owner’s – were refurbished in 2024.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
Perched atop Russian Hill, Crocker’s penthouse was a budget-be-damned Gesamtkunstwerk that allowed Frank to go absolutely wild with materials.

— Jill Singer, Curbed, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of penthouse

Noun

Austin Ledet and his fiancée closed on a Northwest Washington condo in April, a two-level duplex in a rowhouse.

— Barbara Rubin, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2026
The documents say the two men ran back inside the duplex and Castro fired a single shot through the door, striking Sosa-Celis in the foot.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of duplex

Noun

This merger leaves fewer studios competing for scripts and talent, gives one company greater power to dictate terms to distributors, and reduces streaming choices.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
With the Hollywood studio system headed for a tailspin, could now be the time for midnight movies to come out of the dark and into the marquee lights?

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of studio

Noun

In the Pearl District, this 2004 one-bedroom condo is across the street from Powell’s City of Books—known as the largest bookstore in the world.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
Some cases over the last month include a bear that entered an arcade in Fraser Valley, a bear that went romping through an Aspen restaurant, and attacks at a Rio Grande National Forest Park campground and inside a condo in Durango.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of condo

Noun

Olivelli Deli will serve fresh sandwiches, soft serve ice cream and more from its walk-up window at the corner of 35th and North Davidson streets starting Wednesday, July 1.

— Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026
Lindor went 0-for-5 in his return and grounded out so quickly to end the seventh inning, stranding a runner at third base, that fans didn’t even get to finish singing along to his walk-up song.

— Will Sammon, New York Times, 25 June 2026

Definition of walk-up

Noun

The gift was reported last week by ProPublica, which included renting out a private island for the reception and guest lodgings.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026
Perhaps not, but on Sunday night as Europe loaded the bus for the trip back to their lodgings, team helper Dame Laura Davies, who won four Solheim Cups as a player and three as a vice-captain, appeared with a case of Heinekens.

— Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of lodgings

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