as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
in the old days, a traveler could spend the night at one of the hostels placed along the coach route
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Recent Examples of hostel
The spacious lecture halls and hostels of the Friendship University were significantly superior to its overcrowded counterparts in western Europe at the time, but discipline was strict and students were strongly discouraged from traveling even around Moscow.
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Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
Most hostels have a list of activities available for guests to sign up for, and if not, then there are walking tours or live music events at local bars.
—Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
The main square of the expedition town of Futaleufú is lined with gear shops, hostels, and adventure travel companies like Patagonia Elements, Eleven's outfitter for white-water rafting.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2025
The return-to-office mandate has left workers who don’t live in cities scrambling to find inexpensive ways of staying in the city, without having to resort to unattractive options like hostels.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
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Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
Most hostels have a list of activities available for guests to sign up for, and if not, then there are walking tours or live music events at local bars.
—Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
The main square of the expedition town of Futaleufú is lined with gear shops, hostels, and adventure travel companies like Patagonia Elements, Eleven's outfitter for white-water rafting.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2025
The return-to-office mandate has left workers who don’t live in cities scrambling to find inexpensive ways of staying in the city, without having to resort to unattractive options like hostels.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hostel
Noun
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The proposal comes after a push to increase the hotel worker minimum wage to $30 over time and ahead of a June ballot that could potentially leave voters tax fatigued amid the city’s budget struggles.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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People used to come to my hotel and leave tombstones and pictures of dead babies.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Don’t leave without ordering a Bar X plate of fries and dipping sauce to enjoy while soaking up the tavern’s wide range of cocktails, beers, and wines.—
Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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The tavern was a main gathering point at the start of the Revolutionary War, and once held Nathaniel Hawthorne and Theodore Roosevelt.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Hostel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hostel. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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