as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter
bunked the guest in the spare room
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Recent Examples of bunked
One of the inn’s most famous residents was author, philosopher and environmentalist Henry David Thoreau, who bunked there briefly in the 1830s while attending Harvard.
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Joe Yogerst,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
This is where hundreds of workers bunked while building Henry Flagler’s Key West extension of the Florida East Coast Railway, which connected the Keys to mainland Florida.
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Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
Some bunked in the triangular houses equipped with bottles of Amaro digestif.
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New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
While newer stations typically provide each firefighter with a separate bedroom, crews back then often bunked in open barracks with little privacy.
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Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Nov. 2025
In his photographs of young men of the RAF, Beaton finds a slight homoerotic lens — there’s men sharing cigarettes, bunked together in the trenches and mending clothes on a sewing machine.
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Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
Joe Yogerst,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
This is where hundreds of workers bunked while building Henry Flagler’s Key West extension of the Florida East Coast Railway, which connected the Keys to mainland Florida.
—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
Some bunked in the triangular houses equipped with bottles of Amaro digestif.
—
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
While newer stations typically provide each firefighter with a separate bedroom, crews back then often bunked in open barracks with little privacy.
—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Nov. 2025
In his photographs of young men of the RAF, Beaton finds a slight homoerotic lens — there’s men sharing cigarettes, bunked together in the trenches and mending clothes on a sewing machine.
—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunked
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The answers have housed over 1,000 refugees across 24 campuses — dining halls, health clinics, student volunteers, and all.
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The Caribbean’s most significant private collection of contemporary art is housed in this nine-bedroom villa at Viceroy Sugar Beach, which opened in February 2025.
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Textron and the participating pilots also have to coordinate with the Special Olympics organizers to make sure all the athletes are accommodated appropriately.
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Extreme weather that experts say may be fueled by climate change has become a concern for producers, who say the problem should be accommodated with a more predictable purchase price.
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The pine tree that graced his yard since at least 1985 was firmly lodged in his garage while the top of a tree that obliterated his next door neighbor’s roof dangled precariously in his backyard.
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He was taken into custody and lodged in the Oakland County Jail.
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“Bunked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bunked. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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