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Recent Examples of dormitory
Kurt later found his son in a dormitory in Austria.
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Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
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
The modern, upscale building sleeps about 60 people in dormitory beds and private rooms, and even has a hot shower.
—Scott Yorko, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Held without bail, Combs has lived in a dormitory-style unit known as 4 North, which houses high-profile inmates and those requiring separation from the general population.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
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
The modern, upscale building sleeps about 60 people in dormitory beds and private rooms, and even has a hot shower.
—Scott Yorko, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Held without bail, Combs has lived in a dormitory-style unit known as 4 North, which houses high-profile inmates and those requiring separation from the general population.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
Noun
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In 2018, Ali Grace, founder and CEO of her namesake brand, was sitting in her dorm room at the University of Massachusetts Amherst when the frustration of finding jeans that fit finally hit a tipping point.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
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The dorm was supposed to be on lockdown.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
4 Nov. 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
Noun
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Many of the locals worked in factories and slept in flophouses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Oct. 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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“Dormitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dormitory. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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