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Recent Examples of dorm
Lighting candles in dorms pose a fire risk, but college students can still enjoy candles with this candle warmer lamp.
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 3 June 2025
One night, after the YouTuber and rapper DDG, who has been accused in a restraining order filed by his ex Halle Bailey of physical and emotional abuse, bussed the students off campus to a nearby club, a random kid snuck into the dorms and roamed the hallways for four hours.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 30 May 2025
Khalil was arrested on March 8 in the lobby of his Columbia University dorm and has since been detained in Louisiana, missing the birth of his first child and his graduation.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 29 May 2025
Johnson and another inmate, Trevon Wallace, were able to escape the jail after an inmate in their dorm flooded a shower at around 4:15 p.m.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 24 May 2025
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 3 June 2025
One night, after the YouTuber and rapper DDG, who has been accused in a restraining order filed by his ex Halle Bailey of physical and emotional abuse, bussed the students off campus to a nearby club, a random kid snuck into the dorms and roamed the hallways for four hours.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 30 May 2025
Khalil was arrested on March 8 in the lobby of his Columbia University dorm and has since been detained in Louisiana, missing the birth of his first child and his graduation.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 29 May 2025
Johnson and another inmate, Trevon Wallace, were able to escape the jail after an inmate in their dorm flooded a shower at around 4:15 p.m.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dorm
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At the Midnight Mission, fellows ate at the cafeteria that feeds hundreds a day, toured a dormitory, a soon-to-open women’s 12-step program and an education center with computers, books and musical instruments.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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The dormitory’s entrance will be off Pratt Street and could provide a boost, adding up to 200 students to the area.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2025
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Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
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True enough, perhaps, but Isabel was not pleased on finding herself in the company of boardinghouse people.—
Charles Portis,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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The place had opened a year and half before on the ground floor of a notorious Bowery flophouse called, with perfect New York irony, the Palace Hotel.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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And then there are all of Gov. Healey’s foreign freeloader flophouses.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
4 June 2025
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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dorm. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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