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dormitory

noun

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as in dorm

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Recent Examples of dormitory Camron Harris, 19, was found hiding in a dormitory closet on campus when he was apprehended Saturday afternoon. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2026 The story begins on February 5 of that year, when a graduate student and dormitory aide discovered that the small canvas was missing from the university’s Students Union building. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 After curfew, dormitory fire escapes double as gathering places where workers sing, socialize and call family members. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026 Cornell University has added a new rule banning the processing of wild game in school kitchens, months after two students went viral for carving a bear in a dormitory kitchen. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dormitory
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  1. dorm
  2. boardinghouse
  3. flophouse
Noun
  • Kits include bedding, furniture, wall decor, storage, bath items, rugs and other pieces that might be used in a dorm room.
    — Alexis Benveniste, Architectural Digest, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Page and Brin met while attending Stanford University, building the search engine that became Google in their dorm rooms in 1995.
    — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of dorm
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  • Set in 1940s Mexico, the book follows a con artist who becomes intertwined in the schemes of a boardinghouse owner and her niece.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • As always, verisimilitude and the supernatural exist side by side in this tale of the denizens of a boardinghouse in Pittsburgh.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 15 May 2026
Definition of boardinghouse
Noun
  • Our flophouse in Harlem was growing crowded.
    — Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Back in the day, the LaSalle Hotel was a flophouse, just about the only place for downtown residents.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of flophouse

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“Dormitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dormitory. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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