as in lodging house
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Recent Examples of rooming house
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.
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Susan Spencer, CBS News, 6 July 2024
Around World War I, mansions began to be divided up for rooming houses, while others were torn down to make room for apartment complexes as the density of the area grew.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2024
Her body couldn’t go to her lover’s home or her rooming house.
—Marcia Biederman, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2024
The building would be situated on what is now vacant land between 440 and 460 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., next door to the King's Arms Hotel rooming house.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2024
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Susan Spencer, CBS News, 6 July 2024
Around World War I, mansions began to be divided up for rooming houses, while others were torn down to make room for apartment complexes as the density of the area grew.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2024
Her body couldn’t go to her lover’s home or her rooming house.
—Marcia Biederman, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2024
The building would be situated on what is now vacant land between 440 and 460 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., next door to the King's Arms Hotel rooming house.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rooming house
Noun
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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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Reserve a simple lodging house or a two-bedroom apartment.—
Meagan Drillinger,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Jan. 2024
Noun
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The luxury conglomerate has just sold its only U.S. hotel, the five-star El Encanto resort in California.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
9 July 2025
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The Shops at Sunset Place in South Miami will be demolished to make way for a new development featuring residential towers, a hotel, offices, a theater and restaurants.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
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