as in lodging house
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Recent Examples of rooming house
The four-story, 250-room building has operated in recent decades as a downmarket rooming house.
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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
Coney lived with his father in a rooming house next door.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
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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
Coney lived with his father in a rooming house next door.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 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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Frey said an incident Friday night that led to property damage at an area hotel and confrontation with police officers was an outlier to the largely peaceful events in recent days.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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Where to Stay Flamingo Lodge There is only one hotel within Everglades National Park.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Rooming house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rooming%20house. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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