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Recent Examples of lodging house
Research trips took them to local lodging houses, private family homes, and vintage Deco hotels including Bombay’s Bentley’s Hotel and Sea Green Hotel on Marine Drive.
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Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Reserve a simple lodging house or a two-bedroom apartment.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2024
While unwilling to engage with gangs of vacationing children, Anchorage police did arrest and jail one man for repeatedly leaving his lodging house.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2020
The response was sometimes harsh -- any lodging house where an infection appeared was burnt to the ground.
—Paul French, CNN, 18 Apr. 2020
Meanwhile, after Crossing Over left the Mount Vernon Street house and moved into the 29 Nutting St. triple-decker, a city inspector declared that Flagg was using the property as a lodging house, not allowed in his residential zone.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2019
Everything else loomed large — the condition of the tenements, the perils of the ghetto, the moral dangers of the kitchenette, the risks presented by too many bodies forced into the cramped rooms of the lodging house.
—Longreads, 20 July 2019
His father, Feodor, looked after the family farm and his mother, Berta, ran a lodging house on the property during the summer.
—Niklas Magnusson, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2018
Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Reserve a simple lodging house or a two-bedroom apartment.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2024
While unwilling to engage with gangs of vacationing children, Anchorage police did arrest and jail one man for repeatedly leaving his lodging house.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2020
The response was sometimes harsh -- any lodging house where an infection appeared was burnt to the ground.
—Paul French, CNN, 18 Apr. 2020
Meanwhile, after Crossing Over left the Mount Vernon Street house and moved into the 29 Nutting St. triple-decker, a city inspector declared that Flagg was using the property as a lodging house, not allowed in his residential zone.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2019
Everything else loomed large — the condition of the tenements, the perils of the ghetto, the moral dangers of the kitchenette, the risks presented by too many bodies forced into the cramped rooms of the lodging house.
—Longreads, 20 July 2019
His father, Feodor, looked after the family farm and his mother, Berta, ran a lodging house on the property during the summer.
—Niklas Magnusson, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lodging house
Noun
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The historian Dylan Gottlieb has explained how Hoboken property owners torched hundreds of inhabited tenements and rooming houses to clear space for yuppies’ luxury apartments.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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The building, originally a home, later became a hotel and rooming house before being acquired by the city in 2013.—
Tom Daykin,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Originally a mansion built in 1881, the 14-room boutique hotel feels like staying at your eccentric friend’s country home in the best way; splashy decor and mixed prints characterize the aesthetic, and many of the pieces are handmade or one-of-a-kind.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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But the real star is Liquid Vacation, a collaboration cocktail served at Little Palm, the hotel's poolside bar that transforms from breezy daytime cafe to lively evening hotspot.—
Jenn Rice,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The menu is inspired by English public houses, with a mix of British and Indian fare.—
Keith Pandolfi,
The Enquirer,
26 June 2025
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This fall, beer in hand, patrons at some of Sacramento’s finest public houses might legally wander out the front door and onto the city’s streets and plazas, moving freely between outdoor festivals and indoor hospitality.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Lodging house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodging%20house. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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