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Recent Examples of dormitory
In the dormitory, the classroom, and on the football team, where Negroes were allowed only to be linebackers, he was humiliated.
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Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
Wood argues that colleges are not only staffed with a disproportionate number of radicals who indoctrinate the students but also have turned everything from dormitory management to the dining halls over to the left.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
So far, talks about a $50 million dormitory have focused on property near the athletic building.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2026
Since 1963, the property has been used as an apartment complex, student dormitory, and for 18 years, a bed and breakfast, with the owners living on site.
—Richard Lane, Des Moines Register, 16 Feb. 2026
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Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
Wood argues that colleges are not only staffed with a disproportionate number of radicals who indoctrinate the students but also have turned everything from dormitory management to the dining halls over to the left.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
So far, talks about a $50 million dormitory have focused on property near the athletic building.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2026
Since 1963, the property has been used as an apartment complex, student dormitory, and for 18 years, a bed and breakfast, with the owners living on site.
—Richard Lane, Des Moines Register, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
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Frog Fountain – Campus Commons The $100 million Campus Commons is the central point of campus, tucked between dorm halls, the Brown Lupton University Union (BLUU) and Frog Fountain.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Feb. 2026
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My dorm room was number 32 in Weld Hall, a nineteenth-century Victorian building in Harvard Yard that had recently been renovated.—
Lloyd Blankfein,
Vanity Fair,
19 Feb. 2026
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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
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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 28 Feb. 2026.
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