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Recent Examples of dormitory
Endeavor expects that on-campus dormitories will serve as a pipeline for Morado.
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Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2025
To the generation that exclusively wore spongy thong sandals in dormitory showers, the concept of high-fashion flip-flops might sound like an oxymoron.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 29 May 2025
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a student dormitory in Holosiivskyi district was hit by a drone and one of the building’s walls was on fire.
—Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Millions of Chinese workers migrate to the factories – toiling from summer until Chinese New Year and living in dormitories near football-field sized factories, noted the Times.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
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Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2025
To the generation that exclusively wore spongy thong sandals in dormitory showers, the concept of high-fashion flip-flops might sound like an oxymoron.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 29 May 2025
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a student dormitory in Holosiivskyi district was hit by a drone and one of the building’s walls was on fire.
—Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Millions of Chinese workers migrate to the factories – toiling from summer until Chinese New Year and living in dormitories near football-field sized factories, noted the Times.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
Noun
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Both documents allege Fleming and two other San Jose State players snuck out of the team hotel in Colorado the night before the Oct. 3 match, and went to the dorm room of Colorado State player Malaya Jones.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2025
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Alongside its many functional offices and dorms, the complex contains a post office, gym, movie theater, an outdoor food court and a dining hall, a recreational pool and a large gathering plaza used to host outdoor entertainment and social functions.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
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True enough, perhaps, but Isabel was not pleased on finding herself in the company of boardinghouse people.—
Charles Portis,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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The place had opened a year and half before on the ground floor of a notorious Bowery flophouse called, with perfect New York irony, the Palace Hotel.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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And then there are all of Gov. Healey’s foreign freeloader flophouses.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
4 June 2025
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“Dormitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dormitory. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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