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Recent Examples of dormitory
After the initial incident, Acevedo returned to the dormitory.
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Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026
The hotel staff moved us to their own dormitory higher up on the land to rest.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Neighbors in Berkeley delayed construction of a new UC dormitory for three years, claiming the students would create noise pollution.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
Nataliia found a job in a dormitory, issuing bed linens to residents.
—Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
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Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026
The hotel staff moved us to their own dormitory higher up on the land to rest.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Neighbors in Berkeley delayed construction of a new UC dormitory for three years, claiming the students would create noise pollution.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
Nataliia found a job in a dormitory, issuing bed linens to residents.
—Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
Noun
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Hate rocked the campus back in September The incident comes eight months after a freshman reported that someone had scrawled antisemitic graffiti on his dorm door.—
Jeff Capellini,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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In one photo, the teenager could be seen sitting on his bed in his new dorm room as his mom proudly snapped his picture.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
Noun
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As always, verisimilitude and the supernatural exist side by side in this tale of the denizens of a boardinghouse in Pittsburgh.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
15 May 2026
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Bertha runs a Pittsburgh boardinghouse with her husband, Seth, played by Cedric the Entertainer, in 1911 and is part of an ensemble of Black characters a generation removed from enslavement.—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Our flophouse in Harlem was growing crowded.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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His novels keep alive the Albany of the 1930s: the domain of swells, sports, and bums, of women with appetites, of flophouses and bowling alleys in the dark hours.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Mar. 2026
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