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Recent Examples of dormitory
The dormitory’s entrance will be off Pratt Street and could provide a boost, adding up to 200 students to the area.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
Two new dormitories, with a total of 292 beds, and a dining hall opened in January.
—Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
Burke shared a dormitory with dozens of other women, most of whom were asylum seekers.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Endeavor expects that on-campus dormitories will serve as a pipeline for Morado.
—Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2025
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
Two new dormitories, with a total of 292 beds, and a dining hall opened in January.
—Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
Burke shared a dormitory with dozens of other women, most of whom were asylum seekers.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Endeavor expects that on-campus dormitories will serve as a pipeline for Morado.
—Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
Noun
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On his way out of the dorm, Calvin forged a callout pass, unable to wait even a day to see the law library.—
Literary Hub
July 8,
Literary Hub,
8 July 2025
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These kids start companies in dorm rooms not from naivety but from knowledge.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
Noun
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Mary Surratt’s boardinghouse still stands in Washington, D.C.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
15 Mar. 2024
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Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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 14 Jul. 2025.
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