as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
the monks run a hospice for travelers in their mountain retreat
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Recent Examples of hospice
Scores of providers sprang up along a corridor stretching west from the San Gabriel Valley through the San Fernando Valley, which now has the highest concentration of hospices in the nation — an epicenter that sits along Victory Boulevard.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Others have required hospice care.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
Prior to her death, Pierce was in hospice care for two months due to ongoing medical conditions, a family source told TMZ.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
In addition to bringing medical care to remote mountain villages half a world away, Halifax has ministered to the dying in hospice, worked with the homeless in New Mexico, cared for prisoners on death row, and led countless protests for peace.
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Others have required hospice care.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
Prior to her death, Pierce was in hospice care for two months due to ongoing medical conditions, a family source told TMZ.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
In addition to bringing medical care to remote mountain villages half a world away, Halifax has ministered to the dying in hospice, worked with the homeless in New Mexico, cared for prisoners on death row, and led countless protests for peace.
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospice
Noun
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Auto browse can research flights and hotels, fill out forms, collect documents, manage subscriptions, and even help renew licenses.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Think watching the Monaco Grand Prix from your hotel balcony at the Fairmont Monte Carlo.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Other travel brands, like Generator Hotels and Zoku, feature hostel-style accommodations or bunk bed rooms for travelers that are willing to share a room.—
Ramsey Qubein,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Queensland authorities told reporters that the victim had spent the past six weeks working at a backpacker’s hostel with a friend who was also from Canada.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2026
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This was the original use for Bar Keepers Friend, to polish brass rails at bars and taverns, often underfoot.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
27 Jan. 2026
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The tavern crowd tells the story of that night.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Hospice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospice. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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