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Recent Examples of dormitory
The staff’s underground dining room has been converted into a dormitory for parents.
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Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026
News Underneath the Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City, mattresses once used by Hamas fighters remain on the floor of a dormitory built in a tunnel by the militant group.
—Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 25 Feb. 2026
New College would gain USFSM’s 11 campus buildings, including the new 100,000 square-foot Atala Hall — USFSM’s first on-campus dormitory.
—Carter Weinhofer, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
McNutt housed some 700 kids — about one-third of the population of French Lick — and Bird found the campus outside the dormitory walls bewildering.
—Keith O'Brien, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2026
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Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026
News Underneath the Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City, mattresses once used by Hamas fighters remain on the floor of a dormitory built in a tunnel by the militant group.
—Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 25 Feb. 2026
New College would gain USFSM’s 11 campus buildings, including the new 100,000 square-foot Atala Hall — USFSM’s first on-campus dormitory.
—Carter Weinhofer, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
McNutt housed some 700 kids — about one-third of the population of French Lick — and Bird found the campus outside the dormitory walls bewildering.
—Keith O'Brien, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
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And cold enough that his parents had to buy him heated gloves to protect his hands on the walk from dorm to gym, a distance of about five minutes.—
Ken Sugiura,
AJC.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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Suddenly the Shaggs were an ’80s dorm-room favorite, and suddenly — a personal aside here — fans like me were actually naming their cats Foot Foot.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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Platter came from Basel, Switzerland, where his father ran a school, four boardinghouses, a farm, and a printing press.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Restaurant options include the classic Paesano; Henry’s Hi-Life, located in a former boardinghouse; and the Littlest Little Italy, which comprises several eateries and a wine shop.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
19 Jan. 2026
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In one stunning moment, Marty, trying to take a shower in a flophouse, ends up falling through the ceiling and onto a shady man (Abel Ferrara) trying to give his dog a bath in the unit below.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
14 Jan. 2026
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In a recurring theme, an unmarried female Haitian in the flophouse is pregnant.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
27 Dec. 2025
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“Dormitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dormitory. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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