boardinghouse

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Recent Examples of boardinghouse At the boardinghouse, proprietress Fräulein Schneider and her Jewish tenant, Herr Schultz, who owns a fruit store, begin a serious romance with plans to marry. Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024 Blackpool, sweeping the planks of his mother’s boardinghouse while listening to a staticky radio broadcast. Chloe Schama, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024 After resorting to desperate measures by burning down a boardinghouse and stealing money and a palomino horse, Tom and Polly set out for San Francisco. Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 7 July 2024 Others managed to scramble onto the roof of an adjacent boardinghouse. Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for boardinghouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boardinghouse
Noun
  • Home bartenders can test recipes for lychee and peach jasmine tea spritzes that Forbes contributor Emily Cappiello sourced straight from some of the world's most celebrated waterfront hotels.
    Sarah Perez, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Spending on airfares, restaurant meals, and hotels all fell last month, Friday’s report showed.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Cunningham said the difference is a nightclub imposes a cover charge on all patrons while a tavern offering entertainment does not.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • The Main Street block is known as the scene of an 1887 shootout where Wild West gambler and tavern owner Luke Short gunned down detective and former city marshal Jim Courtright, who was stepping onto the street near what is now Riscky’s.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Years later, Eddie, still heartbroken, tracks May down to a motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert to win her back.
    Helen Schulman, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
  • Carter’s decision came after a seven-day hearing on whether to place a receiver in charge of L.A.’s homelessness programs, including tiny home villages, congregate shelters and Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe program, which has moved thousands of people out of encampments and into hotels and motels.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The disruption comes after over 290 people have likely died after an Air India flight crashed minutes after takeoff into a hostel at a medical college on June 12.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 17 June 2025
  • Casualties are feared to include people who were inside or near the building the plane struck: a hostel in the B.J. Medical College in Ahmedabad.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 12 June 2025

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“Boardinghouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boardinghouse. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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