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Recent Examples of dormitory
The women live in dormitory-style rooms without doors.
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Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
In an interview, Miguel, a carpenter who has lived in the area for 11 years, said the men worked and lived on his property, with four of them staying in a small dormitory.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
The James Stukel Towers are four-tower a dormitory with for, five, and eight-person suites.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Those projects took place within the existing footprint of the south campus, replacing the 1890s-era Cretin Hall dormitory, the 1960s-era McCarthy Gym and an 1890s-era service center, as well as a greenhouse.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
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Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
In an interview, Miguel, a carpenter who has lived in the area for 11 years, said the men worked and lived on his property, with four of them staying in a small dormitory.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
The James Stukel Towers are four-tower a dormitory with for, five, and eight-person suites.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Those projects took place within the existing footprint of the south campus, replacing the 1890s-era Cretin Hall dormitory, the 1960s-era McCarthy Gym and an 1890s-era service center, as well as a greenhouse.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
Noun
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Eventually the Federal Bureau of Investigation tracked Lane down to his freshman dorm room.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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The good news is that today’s multifunctional furniture is far from the utilitarian, dorm-room feel of decades past.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Behind Jovan, the posse breaks into boardinghouses, yanks a miner from behind a grocery counter, shoots another dead in his home.—
Masha Hamilton,
Longreads,
19 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
Noun
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Our flophouse in Harlem was growing crowded.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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His novels keep alive the Albany of the 1930s: the domain of swells, sports, and bums, of women with appetites, of flophouses and bowling alleys in the dark hours.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Mar. 2026
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