as in hotels
a building where people pay to live and have daily meals
a onetime boardinghouse that is now the site of the town's historical museum
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Recent Examples of boardinghouses
Behind Jovan, the posse breaks into boardinghouses, yanks a miner from behind a grocery counter, shoots another dead in his home.
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Masha Hamilton, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2026
Platter came from Basel, Switzerland, where his father ran a school, four boardinghouses, a farm, and a printing press.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Masha Hamilton, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2026
Platter came from Basel, Switzerland, where his father ran a school, four boardinghouses, a farm, and a printing press.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boardinghouses
Noun
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Anika Reed Nearby New York hotels, including The Carlyle, The Mark, The Pierre and The Lowell, are popular destinations for celebrities to get ready – and for fans to spot them – ahead of the red carpet.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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Travelers can bundle flights, hotels, car, rentals, excursions, and cruises at one time and save money while doing so.—
Paris Wilson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 May 2026
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Keep in mind that despite the significance of the date of July 4, 1776, royalists and republicans had been arguing in print, pamphlets, taverns and on town greens long before 1776.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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As the vessel toured Baja California, Diana Sanders of Vacaville sampled tequila shots — 14 or 15 in total — from six ship taverns, tequileras and pubs, according to court documents.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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And our best times at motels were spent swimming in the dark in the motel pool.—
Anne Carson,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Boardinghouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boardinghouses. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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