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Recent Examples of dorm
But a dorm stay, like a White House second term, typically maxes out at four years.
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2025
Five students — Estes, her roommate, the two friends and the teammate who had gone to Stouffer with Estes — gathered inside the Ellsworth dorm room.
—Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
It's been in Tangney's DNA since the dorm days.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
The winning dorm got a pizza party.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2025
Five students — Estes, her roommate, the two friends and the teammate who had gone to Stouffer with Estes — gathered inside the Ellsworth dorm room.
—Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
It's been in Tangney's DNA since the dorm days.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
The winning dorm got a pizza party.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dorm
Noun
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Students crowded around dormitory screens, a wedding paused for the final kick, and car horns rang out as flags streamed from open windows.—
Nina Subkhanberdina,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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In Surihari, Bangladesh, the contribution of Casa Mariù will enable a PIME facility serving around 160 children to complete the renovation of its school and dormitory, while also providing 25 children with disabilities with adequate educational, social and health care assistance.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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