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Recent Examples of dormitory
The southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia came under a large Russian drone attack overnight, damaging more than 50 residential buildings, including a university dormitory filled with people, the head of the regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov, said Wednesday.
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Illia Novikov and Sam McNeil The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2025
Satellite image shows that the Niger state school compound is attached to an adjoining primary school, with more than 50 classroom and dormitory buildings.
—NPR, 23 Nov. 2025
Maxwell’s unexpected move to the all-women’s Federal Prison Camp Bryan, which houses inmates convicted of nonviolent offenses and white-collar crimes in dormitory-style quarters, drew immediate condemnation from current and former federal Bureau of Prisons employees.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025
The complaint alleges that election officials required on-campus students to provide information including a dormitory name and room number with their voter registration applications.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
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Illia Novikov and Sam McNeil The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2025
Satellite image shows that the Niger state school compound is attached to an adjoining primary school, with more than 50 classroom and dormitory buildings.
—NPR, 23 Nov. 2025
Maxwell’s unexpected move to the all-women’s Federal Prison Camp Bryan, which houses inmates convicted of nonviolent offenses and white-collar crimes in dormitory-style quarters, drew immediate condemnation from current and former federal Bureau of Prisons employees.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025
The complaint alleges that election officials required on-campus students to provide information including a dormitory name and room number with their voter registration applications.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
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New College’s already bloated balance sheet could be saddled with paying USF’s $53 million bill for the new dorm on the property (where most dorm rooms are used by New College students).—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
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Sidechat also documented acts of kindness, including a student going door to door with macaroni and cheese cups in a dark dorm.—
Leah Willingham,
Fortune,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Two sisters working at a modest boardinghouse prepare for the arrival of a Hollywood screenwriter and his family.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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At its peak, Edgewater was home to 200-300 residents, living in 20 to 30 houses, with the company store housing a post office, hotel/boardinghouse and general store, along with a blacksmith shop, horse barn and school, Heiman said.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Many of the locals worked in factories and slept in flophouses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Oct. 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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“Dormitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dormitory. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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