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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Noun
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Thompson revised his position Wednesday to asking for a total of about $3,100 more, because reimbursements for the families’ expenses for hotels and travel to Boise do not qualify.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Nov. 2025 -
Some hotels explicitly prohibit such gratuities, with employees risking termination if caught accepting them.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Given that smoking was a popular leisure activity at taverns, Trussell expected to find numerous clay smoking pipes — but spotted far fewer than expected.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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State officials recently expressed interest in working with lawmakers to improve the program, market the state's product to taverns and bring in more property tax relief.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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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 7 Nov. 2025.
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