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
By the eve of World War I, Opatija boasted 24 hotels, 36 boardinghouses, and 12 sanatoriums attended by 80 physicians.
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Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
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.
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Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
Behind Jovan, the posse breaks into boardinghouses, yanks a miner from behind a grocery counter, shoots another dead in his home.
—
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
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Local business owners welcomed the boost in business as Dodgers fans filled restaurants, hotels and entertainment districts throughout Sacramento and West Sacramento.
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Guests who are, as a result, prevented from booking an entire home, are instead redirected to book private room listings and hotels on the Airbnb platform.
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Access was also easily obtained through the many taverns that dotted towns across the colonies, where the people gathered to read and hear the latest news, and, importantly, to participate in the political opposition to the crown that grew with each passing year.
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Leavenworth With its Bavarian-style architecture, mountain views, and taverns doling out steins of German beer and traditional dishes like käsespätzle, this small town in central Washington evokes an Alpine village.
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Sierra Fitzpatrick of Step up on Second, the nonprofit the city contracts with to run the motels, referred The Bee to the city and the motel.
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And our best times at motels were spent swimming in the dark in the motel pool.
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“Boardinghouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boardinghouses. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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