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The alert also instructs any residents of Hugine Suites, who are not currently in the dormitory, to report to Smith–Hammond–Middleton Memorial Center, an Orangeburg arena.
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Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
The modern, upscale building sleeps about 60 people in dormitory beds and private rooms, and even has a hot shower.
—Scott Yorko, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Held without bail, Combs has lived in a dormitory-style unit known as 4 North, which houses high-profile inmates and those requiring separation from the general population.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Students crowded around dormitory screens, a wedding paused for the final kick, and car horns rang out as flags streamed from open windows.
—Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
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Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
The modern, upscale building sleeps about 60 people in dormitory beds and private rooms, and even has a hot shower.
—Scott Yorko, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Held without bail, Combs has lived in a dormitory-style unit known as 4 North, which houses high-profile inmates and those requiring separation from the general population.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Students crowded around dormitory screens, a wedding paused for the final kick, and car horns rang out as flags streamed from open windows.
—Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
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For the design of Rory’s shabby-chic dorm suite, Crasco reflected on her own overnight stay on the New Haven, Connecticut, campus back in high school.—
Mara Reinstein,
Architectural Digest,
30 Oct. 2025
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In the book, an unnamed narrator moves into the Kennedy dorm room once occupied by Foster Dade, who had transferred to the boarding school in 2008 but was later expelled due to a scandal that the narrator investigates over the course of years.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
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The daughter of a widowed boardinghouse keeper, Mary moved with her mother to Manhattan and, as a teenager, began working behind the counter at John Anderson’s Liberty Street Cigar Shop in Lower Manhattan.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Down the beach Madam LeFleur stood on the porch of her boardinghouse beating slugs off a yak wool rug.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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The setting is a dusty town square, bordered on one side by the posh Siete Mares Hotel and on the other by the city’s worst quarter, fronted by the Ritz Men Only, a dangerous flophouse.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
25 July 2025
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After Chili's twin sister, Jellybean, was found dead in a Kansas City flophouse, Chili began a downward spiral and was eventually caught drinking on the job by Brett.—
Breanne L. Heldman,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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“Dormitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dormitory. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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