as in lodging house
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Recent Examples of rooming house
Writer Wallace Thurman would throw parties at his rooming house, attracting a more bohemian crowd from Harlem and the Village.
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Shannon J. Effinger, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
Coney lived with his father in a rooming house next door.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
The school submitted a letter of intent to Catholic Charities in April with the hopes of acquiring St. Christopher’s Place, a 70-unit rooming house on Marshall Avenue, and converting into student residences, but the nonprofit did not agree to a sale.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2024
Police picked up a docile McCowen at his rooming house, lying on the bed, watching cartoons; marijuana and an open bottle of prescription pain killers were on the table nearby.
—Susan Spencer, CBS News, 6 July 2024
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Shannon J. Effinger, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
Coney lived with his father in a rooming house next door.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
The school submitted a letter of intent to Catholic Charities in April with the hopes of acquiring St. Christopher’s Place, a 70-unit rooming house on Marshall Avenue, and converting into student residences, but the nonprofit did not agree to a sale.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2024
Police picked up a docile McCowen at his rooming house, lying on the bed, watching cartoons; marijuana and an open bottle of prescription pain killers were on the table nearby.
—Susan Spencer, CBS News, 6 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rooming house
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The backyard of the lodging house on Hanbury Street, where Annie Chapman died, had three possible exits through neighboring yards; there were five at Mitre Square, where forty-six-year-old Catherine Eddowes bled out in a dark corner.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Carriers are required to refund customers whose flights are canceled but not to cover costs such as food and hotels unless a delay or cancellation results from a factor within the control of the airlines, according to the Department of Transportation.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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The harassment described in the second protective order, and also witnessed by McKinsey Glover, was said to have happened in the lobby area of the hotel, where other attendees would have seen Bush's alleged behavior.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Rooming house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rooming%20house. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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