dormitory

noun

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as in dorm

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Recent Examples of dormitory The new modular jail is expected to provide about 100 beds across cells and dormitory-like areas. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026 Investigators also say dormitory surveillance video captured Aguilar and the girl entering his room before later showing the girl leaving. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 In one case, cyclosporiasis infections were traced back to tap water in a residential dormitory. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 11 July 2026 Those artifacts include musket balls found in the floorboards years ago during a renovation of Hollis Hall, a dormitory that soldiers used during fighting. — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dormitory
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  1. dorm
  2. boardinghouse
  3. flophouse
Noun
  • Decorating creatively makes a dorm room feel personal and inviting, even with strict housing rules.
    — Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 27 July 2026
  • Konkol spent six months living in the student dorms, moving to a private room in a different dorm each week.
    — Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
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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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