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During that first year, Cocea earned roughly $250,000 by posting photos and videos to her public accounts, selling access to exclusive messages and regularly livestreaming from her dorm room.
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Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Another questioned how to handle their daughter's boyfriend visiting her dorm and considered involving his parents.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
For example, Target’s back-to-college collection in fall 2024 included mostly neutral-colored and gray dorm accessories and furniture — and performed poorly.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
During a recent visit to the Jesus the Good Shepherd Migrant Shelter on the outskirts of Tapachula, most of the dorm rooms were unoccupied.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Another questioned how to handle their daughter's boyfriend visiting her dorm and considered involving his parents.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
For example, Target’s back-to-college collection in fall 2024 included mostly neutral-colored and gray dorm accessories and furniture — and performed poorly.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
During a recent visit to the Jesus the Good Shepherd Migrant Shelter on the outskirts of Tapachula, most of the dorm rooms were unoccupied.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dorm
Noun
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She was last seen on May 25, 1996, walking with Flores, a fellow first-year student, toward her dormitory on the San Luis Obispo campus after a party.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
28 Oct. 2025
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It’s broken down into the runway misadventures from each of his 12 shows, offers 11 irreverent Rules of Design, and is a lesson on how to turn a dormitory dream into a global brand.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The daughter of a widowed boardinghouse keeper, Mary moved with her mother to Manhattan and, as a teenager, began working behind the counter at John Anderson’s Liberty Street Cigar Shop in Lower Manhattan.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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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
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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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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dorm. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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