as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
we decided to stay at an inn rather than keep driving all night
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Recent Examples of inn
There are other small inns and B&Bs are scattered across the communities of 30A, but for long stays or big groups, a rental is the best option.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
Le Soleil D’Or, a boutique inn with a farm restaurant, felt like a different planet — lush, quiet, warm in a way that invited honesty.
—Cortni Spearman, Essence, 19 Dec. 2025
Accessible by skis or the Bergbahn cable car, the area is beset with heaps of storybook restaurants and inns.
—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 19 Dec. 2025
Inn-to-inn hiking routes connect these landscapes, encouraging travelers to immerse deeply.
—Spain Tourism, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
Le Soleil D’Or, a boutique inn with a farm restaurant, felt like a different planet — lush, quiet, warm in a way that invited honesty.
—Cortni Spearman, Essence, 19 Dec. 2025
Accessible by skis or the Bergbahn cable car, the area is beset with heaps of storybook restaurants and inns.
—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 19 Dec. 2025
Inn-to-inn hiking routes connect these landscapes, encouraging travelers to immerse deeply.
—Spain Tourism, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inn
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
Noun
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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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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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The woman had been working for the past several weeks at a backpackers' hostel on K'gari, formerly known as Fraser Island, police said.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Inn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inn. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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