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Recent Examples of dormitory
Program participants receive dormitory housing, three meals per day, clothing, gratuities, and one-on-one counseling and other rehabilitation services.
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Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
In the steel shell of a former dormitory and, more recently, nursing home, water collects in buckets as construction crews hammer and drill, saw and weld, and heavy machinery works to cover a series of underground water retention systems, consisting of huge pipes.
—Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 21 Jan. 2026
Players live in a large dormitory, get to know each other and then play to send each other home.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2026
In 2011, when Sinha was in college, he was found unconscious in his dormitory.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
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Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
In the steel shell of a former dormitory and, more recently, nursing home, water collects in buckets as construction crews hammer and drill, saw and weld, and heavy machinery works to cover a series of underground water retention systems, consisting of huge pipes.
—Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 21 Jan. 2026
Players live in a large dormitory, get to know each other and then play to send each other home.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2026
In 2011, when Sinha was in college, he was found unconscious in his dormitory.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
Noun
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His latest post is of him and his two dorm mates, Benji and Max.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
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The first Bad Bunny releases were dorm-room demos uploaded to SoundCloud, the music streaming site.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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Restaurant options include the classic Paesano; Henry’s Hi-Life, located in a former boardinghouse; and the Littlest Little Italy, which comprises several eateries and a wine shop.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In one stunning moment, Marty, trying to take a shower in a flophouse, ends up falling through the ceiling and onto a shady man (Abel Ferrara) trying to give his dog a bath in the unit below.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
14 Jan. 2026
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In a recurring theme, an unmarried female Haitian in the flophouse is pregnant.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
27 Dec. 2025
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“Dormitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dormitory. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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