as in apartment
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
I've rented lodgings in the old boardinghouse downtown
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Recent Examples of lodgings
Patrick retreated to his lodgings to pray.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
The eroding mud-brick buildings at Tizkmoudine, untended for decades, sat vacant apart from a few rooms converted into tourist lodgings.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
There are also some luxury lodgings that make sleep even dreamier than usual thanks to the otherworldly environs surrounding the bed—think waking up under the open sky in a bird’s nest structure in midst of an African wildlife conservancy.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2026
Overnighting in rustic backcountry lodgings adds another layer of appeal to such trips.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
The road to get to the cabin lodgings of Dunton Hot Springs, the 1800s ghost town turned resort tucked in the San Juan Mountains of the Colorado Rockies, is paved with bad WiFi.
—Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2026
The agency ordered Americans in Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Michoacán, Guerrero and Nuevo León to take immediate shelter in their homes or lodgings.
—Claudia Núñez, AZCentral.com, 22 Feb. 2026
Booted out of his royal Windsor lodgings, was slumming it on the king’s private estate in Norfolk.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Meetings often took place at his lodgings in Whitehall.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
The eroding mud-brick buildings at Tizkmoudine, untended for decades, sat vacant apart from a few rooms converted into tourist lodgings.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
There are also some luxury lodgings that make sleep even dreamier than usual thanks to the otherworldly environs surrounding the bed—think waking up under the open sky in a bird’s nest structure in midst of an African wildlife conservancy.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2026
Overnighting in rustic backcountry lodgings adds another layer of appeal to such trips.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
The road to get to the cabin lodgings of Dunton Hot Springs, the 1800s ghost town turned resort tucked in the San Juan Mountains of the Colorado Rockies, is paved with bad WiFi.
—Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2026
The agency ordered Americans in Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Michoacán, Guerrero and Nuevo León to take immediate shelter in their homes or lodgings.
—Claudia Núñez, AZCentral.com, 22 Feb. 2026
Booted out of his royal Windsor lodgings, was slumming it on the king’s private estate in Norfolk.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Meetings often took place at his lodgings in Whitehall.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lodgings
apartment
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Entering the superior suite (one step down from the suite de luxe) was akin to entering an apartment, if that apartment were imagined entirely by an art collector with keen design sensibilities.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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Two Kansas City men were sentenced to prison last week for their roles in a fatal shooting at an apartment complex in Pendleton Heights in 2024.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Lodgings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodgings. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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