common room

noun

1
: a lounge available to all members of a residential community
2
: a room in a college for faculty use

Examples of common room in a Sentence

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Another video shows the teen, who testified in the jail uniform, and the staffer seated close together in a common room at some point, with their knees almost touching. Christine MacDonald, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2024 Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, were residents of the four-unit building when J.Lo moved in (imagine the common room parties!), but listed their place for $6 million in 2016. Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 1 Aug. 2024 Nearly three dozen residents held a meeting — attended by a Post reporter — inside the apartment complex’s common room in early July. Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 16 July 2024 Unlike at a hotel, there’s a common room, like a living room where everyone gets to be in together. Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 8 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for common room 

Word History

First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of common room was in 1667

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“Common room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20room. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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