dormitory

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Recent Examples of dormitory Matron’s flat was just off the main dormitory wing. Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025 This space serves as the path to the Masked Managers’ dormitory and also as the setting for the players’ rebellion against the Front Man. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Dec. 2024 These centers featured dormitory-style layouts with recreational and educational programs. Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024 Generally, inmates in the unit are in a cell with one other person, sleeping in a dormitory-style room. Erin Keller, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for dormitory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
Noun
  • In 2022, a female student posted on social media screenshots of a complaint and police report, which alleged that Hairston raped her in her dorm room.
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Use it in small spaces, a college dorm, or an attic.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone.
    Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Authorities belatedly removed the girl from the flophouse, which did not go over well with Ronald Joseph.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
  • One regular, Milt, lived in the Whitehouse Hotel, a flophouse around the corner.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Dormitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dormitory. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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