as in hostels
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
for their 50th anniversary they stayed at one of the finest hotels in San Francisco
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Recent Examples of hotels
Cost of gas and maybe hotels for longer road trips vs cost of plane tickets?
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Keith Laing, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Old Town is walkable and full of affordable New Mexican food, and the city’s hotels and motels offer some of the best value of any destination in the Southwest.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
For families, that affordability means more room in the budget for experiences rather than just hotels and flights.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2026
American gangsters ran the hotels and the gambling.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
Find a running list of Easter brunches and events to check out at local restaurants and hotels.
—Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Rather, it should be considered a win when hotels are able to provide proximity to authentic cultural experiences, Teo said.
—Sydney Goh, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2026
Most of the marble bathrooms really do have baths – a luxury these days in hotels – and 19 spa suites come with either a private sauna or steam room.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
And there are examples of all of these cuisines, and more, within walking distance of the convention center and downtown hotels — or a short ride-share away.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
Keith Laing, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Old Town is walkable and full of affordable New Mexican food, and the city’s hotels and motels offer some of the best value of any destination in the Southwest.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
For families, that affordability means more room in the budget for experiences rather than just hotels and flights.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2026
American gangsters ran the hotels and the gambling.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
Find a running list of Easter brunches and events to check out at local restaurants and hotels.
—Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Rather, it should be considered a win when hotels are able to provide proximity to authentic cultural experiences, Teo said.
—Sydney Goh, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2026
Most of the marble bathrooms really do have baths – a luxury these days in hotels – and 19 spa suites come with either a private sauna or steam room.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
And there are examples of all of these cuisines, and more, within walking distance of the convention center and downtown hotels — or a short ride-share away.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotels
Noun
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Several times during the high season, which runs from June to early September, Air Greenland created makeshift hostels inside airports to compensate for a lack of proper accommodations.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Mar. 2026
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The spacious lecture halls and hostels of the Friendship University were significantly superior to its overcrowded counterparts in western Europe at the time, but discipline was strict and students were strongly discouraged from traveling even around Moscow.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Immigrant families brought Old World recipes and a fierce commitment to hospitality to Iowa’s capital, opening humble groceries, taverns and corner cafés that gradually evolved into full‑service dining rooms.—
Susan Stapleton,
Des Moines Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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There are 50,000 video gambling terminals, in most of the taverns and convenience stores in the state.—
Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And our best times at motels were spent swimming in the dark in the motel pool.—
Anne Carson,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Hotels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotels. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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