as in hotels
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 inns
More to Explore To import horses across land routes, the Mughals built roads and set up travelers’ inns known as caravanserais.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 20 Mar. 2026
The money will allow the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to distribute 45 track chairs to each state park and the seven state park inns.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 19 Mar. 2026
All of this is why the Blue Bell Inn stacked up centuries of history as one of the oldest continually operating inns in the nation.
—Kim Hudson, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Best Hotels Enhance your visit to Beaufort with a stay in one of the town’s upscale inns.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
From intimate inns to grand resorts, these legendary establishments are both pillars of their communities and bucket list-worthy accommodations for those visiting.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
From homey taverns to colonial inns, the region's historic restaurants offer dining experiences loaded with 200–300 years of local history.
—Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 1 Mar. 2026
Historic inns and nearby cottages are well matched to the season, with fireplaces and thick walls holding in warmth.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
It’s owned by longtime local residents Milan Lint and Mitch Berlin, and is the culmination of a years-long renovation shaped by decades of their travels through Europe’s intimate country inns.
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 20 Mar. 2026
The money will allow the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to distribute 45 track chairs to each state park and the seven state park inns.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 19 Mar. 2026
All of this is why the Blue Bell Inn stacked up centuries of history as one of the oldest continually operating inns in the nation.
—Kim Hudson, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Best Hotels Enhance your visit to Beaufort with a stay in one of the town’s upscale inns.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
From intimate inns to grand resorts, these legendary establishments are both pillars of their communities and bucket list-worthy accommodations for those visiting.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
From homey taverns to colonial inns, the region's historic restaurants offer dining experiences loaded with 200–300 years of local history.
—Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 1 Mar. 2026
Historic inns and nearby cottages are well matched to the season, with fireplaces and thick walls holding in warmth.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
It’s owned by longtime local residents Milan Lint and Mitch Berlin, and is the culmination of a years-long renovation shaped by decades of their travels through Europe’s intimate country inns.
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inns
Noun
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Cost of gas and maybe hotels for longer road trips vs cost of plane tickets?—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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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
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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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The community of backpackers moving through the Chinese hostels had the values of a slutty, hippie utopia.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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When choosing where to stay, hostels and guesthouses with communal spaces are ideal for solo travelers who want a mix of independence and social connection.—
Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Inns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inns. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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