as in bathroom
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
I wasn't feeling well and had to make a number of trips to the restroom
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Recent Examples of restroom
The restroom restrictions were added as an amendment in the House judiciary committee in January and received no public hearing before a marathon debate and vote.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
Unfortunately, there’s no easy restroom access along the trail.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
The fifth person to catch the virus crossed paths with the patient only briefly on their way to the restroom.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
Women say the women’s restrooms also are miserable, too.
—Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
Unfortunately, there’s no easy restroom access along the trail.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
The fifth person to catch the virus crossed paths with the patient only briefly on their way to the restroom.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
Women say the women’s restrooms also are miserable, too.
—Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for restroom
Noun
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Mann repeated her prior testimony about Weinstein using the bathroom before the attack and her later finding a syringe in the bathroom’s trash can afterward.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Set on the 16th and 17th floors of the 19-story House section of the bifurcated limestone building, which also includes a connected 35-story tower, the home has four bedrooms, four full bathrooms, and two powder rooms in roughly 5,400 square feet.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The fancy new mops that have a pad are able to get under the toilet with no issues.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Once inside, visitors were encouraged to urinate in two onsite toilets which filter and pump sanitized water back into a large aquarium tank where performers float for four hours at a time, breathing through a scuba mask.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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“Restroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restroom. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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