dorm

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Recent Examples of dorm Grossberg fell sick after returning to her dorm at the University of Delaware and needed to be hospitalized. Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025 The explosion of attention was traumatizing — death threats slipped under her dorm room door, paparazzi combed through her trash, and she was forced off campus with round-the-clock security. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025 Now that dorm rooms are decorated and study sessions have begun, back-to-school is prime time for college students to get savings on a membership at Costco. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025 Wednesday leaves anyway, but Enid chases her because Capri is doing dorm checks, and Enid will NOT miss the Gala. Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dorm
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Noun
  • An individual seen wielding what appeared to be a firearm near a Massachusetts university dormitory, prompting a shelter-in-place order and large law enforcement response, has been identified as a juvenile holding an airsoft replica firearm, police said Thursday.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The sisters had initially used the mansion as a dormitory for students, but then converted it into a residence for themselves for most of the period of their ownership.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Down the beach Madam LeFleur stood on the porch of her boardinghouse beating slugs off a yak wool rug.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone.
    Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The setting is a dusty town square, bordered on one side by the posh Siete Mares Hotel and on the other by the city’s worst quarter, fronted by the Ritz Men Only, a dangerous flophouse.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
  • 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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