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Recent Examples of dorm
Her friends slept on the floor in her dorm room beside her.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Whether in his college dorm or parents’ basement, music became a creative escape that would later become the launch pad for his emerging empire.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
For a budget desk upgrade, this checks a lot of boxes for a second screen, dorm setup, or a compact work-from-home station.
—PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Amy Morrell, 53, a direct care staff member at the school, and other staff were attempting to restrain the teen, who officials say had been trying to leave a dorm building without permission, when the student allegedly kicked her in the chest, according to the district attorney's office.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Whether in his college dorm or parents’ basement, music became a creative escape that would later become the launch pad for his emerging empire.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
For a budget desk upgrade, this checks a lot of boxes for a second screen, dorm setup, or a compact work-from-home station.
—PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Amy Morrell, 53, a direct care staff member at the school, and other staff were attempting to restrain the teen, who officials say had been trying to leave a dorm building without permission, when the student allegedly kicked her in the chest, according to the district attorney's office.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dorm
Noun
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Kurt later found his son in a dormitory in Austria.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
9 Oct. 2025
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The first shooting happened on campus near the Hugine Suites, a student dormitory, triggering a campuswide lockdown, according to a statement from the university’s media relations department.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
5 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
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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 28 Oct. 2025.
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