dorm

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Recent Examples of dorm During new-student orientation, Mr. Miller welcomed her to the Ujamaa dorm, a student residency hall dedicated to the history and cultures of the African diaspora. Nia Decaille, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 Take a look April 2, 2025 5:00 AM Coral Gables Patio roof at UM dorm complex partially collapses from heavy rains. Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025 In 2022, a female student posted on social media screenshots of a complaint and police report, which alleged that Hairston raped her in her dorm room. Tim Graham, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025 Use it in small spaces, a college dorm, or an attic. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dorm
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Noun
  • The facility also has office space, dormitories and private sleeping spaces for VIPs, and training rooms.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • On a campus tour in early March, Mr. Hill pointed to construction sites for a new theater building and a rebuilt dormitory.
    Christopher Maag, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone.
    Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
  • True enough, perhaps, but Isabel was not pleased on finding herself in the company of boardinghouse people.
    Charles Portis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Authorities belatedly removed the girl from the flophouse, which did not go over well with Ronald Joseph.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
  • One regular, Milt, lived in the Whitehouse Hotel, a flophouse around the corner.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025

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