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Recent Examples of dorm
Outfitting said tiny dorm rooms with monograms, dust ruffles, and designer-level home decor has become quite the beast itself at Southern colleges.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 July 2025
Investigators believe four people, including the student the dorm room belonged to, were playing video games, UNM Silva said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 July 2025
The season opens with Belly arriving at Finch College to move into her freshman dorm.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 16 July 2025
The single adult on duty often ignored or slept through much of the brutality, said Bell and another man who was in Bell’s dorm as a boy.
—The Marshall Project, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 July 2025
Investigators believe four people, including the student the dorm room belonged to, were playing video games, UNM Silva said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 July 2025
The season opens with Belly arriving at Finch College to move into her freshman dorm.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 16 July 2025
The single adult on duty often ignored or slept through much of the brutality, said Bell and another man who was in Bell’s dorm as a boy.
—The Marshall Project, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dorm
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The camp’s dormitories were left covered in mud, debris and water damage, with bunk beds caked in dirt and blankets soaked and tossed about.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
6 July 2025
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It and its derivative products cannot be sold in religious sites, dormitories, public parks, zoos, and amusement parks.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Mary Surratt’s boardinghouse still stands in Washington, D.C.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
15 Mar. 2024
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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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After Chili's twin sister, Jellybean, was found dead in a Kansas City flophouse, Chili began a downward spiral and was eventually caught drinking on the job by Brett.—
Breanne L. Heldman,
People.com,
18 July 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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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dorm. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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