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Recent Examples of dorm
After the event, Tony took his date home, and my date took me back to my dorm, which turned out to be locked.
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Gwen Faulkenberry, Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2026
At times the emails almost evoke a floating dorm room, revealing that everything from t-shirts to a four-foot piece of rope have been removed from the system.
—Steve Walsh, NPR, 17 Jan. 2026
And as Zuckerberg’s own example proves, executing on a wild idea in a college dorm room can lead to phenomenal success.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2026
Students had to evacuate a University of Cincinnati dorm building on Thursday night after a fire started in a room.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Jan. 2026
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Gwen Faulkenberry, Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2026
At times the emails almost evoke a floating dorm room, revealing that everything from t-shirts to a four-foot piece of rope have been removed from the system.
—Steve Walsh, NPR, 17 Jan. 2026
And as Zuckerberg’s own example proves, executing on a wild idea in a college dorm room can lead to phenomenal success.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2026
Students had to evacuate a University of Cincinnati dorm building on Thursday night after a fire started in a room.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dorm
Noun
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The bronze doors and concrete walls with remarkably few windows looked ancient, and the building more closely resembled a student dormitory awaiting demolition than an institution where precious cultural assets from around the world were collected and stored.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Program participants receive dormitory housing, three meals per day, clothing, gratuities, and one-on-one counseling and other rehabilitation services.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Two sisters working at a modest boardinghouse prepare for the arrival of a Hollywood screenwriter and his family.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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At its peak, Edgewater was home to 200-300 residents, living in 20 to 30 houses, with the company store housing a post office, hotel/boardinghouse and general store, along with a blacksmith shop, horse barn and school, Heiman said.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Many of the locals worked in factories and slept in flophouses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Oct. 2025
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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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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dorm. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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