as in lodging house
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Recent Examples of rooming house
His parents ran a luncheonette and rooming house near factories whose immigrant workers came in to eat.
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David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
The four-story, 250-room building has operated in recent decades as a downmarket rooming house.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
The Fall River fire is the deadliest Massachusetts has seen since 1984, when 15 people died in a Beverly rooming house.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 14 July 2025
Writer Wallace Thurman would throw parties at his rooming house, attracting a more bohemian crowd from Harlem and the Village.
—Shannon J. Effinger, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
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David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
The four-story, 250-room building has operated in recent decades as a downmarket rooming house.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
The Fall River fire is the deadliest Massachusetts has seen since 1984, when 15 people died in a Beverly rooming house.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 14 July 2025
Writer Wallace Thurman would throw parties at his rooming house, attracting a more bohemian crowd from Harlem and the Village.
—Shannon J. Effinger, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
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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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If one were to use that fundamental mathematical principle — often referenced as if A=B and B=C then A=C — entering Thursday’s Class 4A state football quarterfinal, things did not look promising for Hill-Murray but did for Kasson-Mantorville.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
7 Nov. 2025
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The backstory Three years after opening La Sultana Marrakech in 2004, its owners sought for a quieter, more intimate spot to unveil their second Moroccan hotel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Feb. 2026
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The hotel would stand at 15 stories, according to a letter of intent filed with the Boston Planning Department last March, and include parking in the existing lot at the project site.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Rooming house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rooming%20house. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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