as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter
bunked the guest in the spare room
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Recent Examples of bunked
One of the inn’s most famous residents was author, philosopher and environmentalist Henry David Thoreau, who bunked there briefly in the 1830s while attending Harvard.
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Joe Yogerst,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
This is where hundreds of workers bunked while building Henry Flagler’s Key West extension of the Florida East Coast Railway, which connected the Keys to mainland Florida.
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Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
Some bunked in the triangular houses equipped with bottles of Amaro digestif.
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New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
While newer stations typically provide each firefighter with a separate bedroom, crews back then often bunked in open barracks with little privacy.
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Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Nov. 2025
In his photographs of young men of the RAF, Beaton finds a slight homoerotic lens — there’s men sharing cigarettes, bunked together in the trenches and mending clothes on a sewing machine.
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Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
Joe Yogerst,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
This is where hundreds of workers bunked while building Henry Flagler’s Key West extension of the Florida East Coast Railway, which connected the Keys to mainland Florida.
—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
Some bunked in the triangular houses equipped with bottles of Amaro digestif.
—
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
While newer stations typically provide each firefighter with a separate bedroom, crews back then often bunked in open barracks with little privacy.
—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Nov. 2025
In his photographs of young men of the RAF, Beaton finds a slight homoerotic lens — there’s men sharing cigarettes, bunked together in the trenches and mending clothes on a sewing machine.
—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunked
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It was cast by the same foundry in London, Whitechapel Bell Foundry, that produced the original bell in 1752, now housed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
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During its first decades the seventeen-story building housed The Miami News.
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Textron and the participating pilots also have to coordinate with the Special Olympics organizers to make sure all the athletes are accommodated appropriately.
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Extreme weather that experts say may be fueled by climate change has become a concern for producers, who say the problem should be accommodated with a more predictable purchase price.
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On June 3, Walden went to the hospital, where a CT scan revealed the metal bristle had become lodged in his bowel and had begun puncturing his intestine.
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On a hike in 2005, Flod came across a truck tire lodged between two boulders in Malibu Creek.
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“Bunked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bunked. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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