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Recent Examples of dorm
His latest post is of him and his two dorm mates, Benji and Max.
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Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
The first Bad Bunny releases were dorm-room demos uploaded to SoundCloud, the music streaming site.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Staff triaged students in dorm lobbies as the wait for an ambulance grew to an hour.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Two college students, one from Elgin and the other from Merrillville, Indiana, have been arrested by Naperville police for allegedly having a loaded handgun and 39 bags of cannabis in their dorm room, officials said.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2026
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Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
The first Bad Bunny releases were dorm-room demos uploaded to SoundCloud, the music streaming site.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Staff triaged students in dorm lobbies as the wait for an ambulance grew to an hour.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Two college students, one from Elgin and the other from Merrillville, Indiana, have been arrested by Naperville police for allegedly having a loaded handgun and 39 bags of cannabis in their dorm room, officials said.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dorm
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Welcome to Milan’s Olympic village, which hosts roughly 1,500 athletes in dormitory-style rooms for this year’s Winter Games.—
Brittany Ghiroli,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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The Bethune Annex Cafe is connected to a student dormitory, but officials emphasized that the affected area had been secured.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
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Platter came from Basel, Switzerland, where his father ran a school, four boardinghouses, a farm, and a printing press.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Restaurant options include the classic Paesano; Henry’s Hi-Life, located in a former boardinghouse; and the Littlest Little Italy, which comprises several eateries and a wine shop.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
19 Jan. 2026
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In one stunning moment, Marty, trying to take a shower in a flophouse, ends up falling through the ceiling and onto a shady man (Abel Ferrara) trying to give his dog a bath in the unit below.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
14 Jan. 2026
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In a recurring theme, an unmarried female Haitian in the flophouse is pregnant.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
27 Dec. 2025
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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dorm. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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