as in apartment
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
I've rented lodgings in the old boardinghouse downtown
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Recent Examples of lodgings
This charming town of about 15,000 has its own airport, as well as a walkable beachfront downtown that’s loaded with fudge shops, boutiques, and stylish lodgings.
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Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
Overnighting in rustic backcountry lodgings adds another layer of appeal to such trips.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
The road to get to the cabin lodgings of Dunton Hot Springs, the 1800s ghost town turned resort tucked in the San Juan Mountains of the Colorado Rockies, is paved with bad WiFi.
—Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2026
The agency ordered Americans in Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Michoacán, Guerrero and Nuevo León to take immediate shelter in their homes or lodgings.
—Claudia Núñez, AZCentral.com, 22 Feb. 2026
But the events of Thursday, which began with a convoy of unmarked police vehicles arriving early at Andrew’s temporary lodgings on the Sandringham Estate on his 66th birthday, have left the British royal family staring down one of its biggest crises in decades.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
Booted out of his royal Windsor lodgings, was slumming it on the king’s private estate in Norfolk.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Meetings often took place at his lodgings in Whitehall.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
At least three people died and nearly two dozen others were injured after a building used as temporary lodgings for workers caught fire early Friday in a suburb of Hungary's capital, authorities said.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
Overnighting in rustic backcountry lodgings adds another layer of appeal to such trips.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
The road to get to the cabin lodgings of Dunton Hot Springs, the 1800s ghost town turned resort tucked in the San Juan Mountains of the Colorado Rockies, is paved with bad WiFi.
—Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2026
The agency ordered Americans in Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Michoacán, Guerrero and Nuevo León to take immediate shelter in their homes or lodgings.
—Claudia Núñez, AZCentral.com, 22 Feb. 2026
But the events of Thursday, which began with a convoy of unmarked police vehicles arriving early at Andrew’s temporary lodgings on the Sandringham Estate on his 66th birthday, have left the British royal family staring down one of its biggest crises in decades.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
Booted out of his royal Windsor lodgings, was slumming it on the king’s private estate in Norfolk.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Meetings often took place at his lodgings in Whitehall.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
At least three people died and nearly two dozen others were injured after a building used as temporary lodgings for workers caught fire early Friday in a suburb of Hungary's capital, authorities said.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lodgings
apartment
Noun
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The result lands somewhere between a boutique hotel suite and a private coastal apartment.—
Angela Tafoya,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2026
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The development will add a town center, schools and apartments along with more parks and trails.—
Neal Franklin,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Lodgings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodgings. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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