common room
noun
1
: a lounge available to all members of a residential community
2
: a room in a college for faculty use
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These rotating feasts are also considered an early Thanksgiving – a holiday most Canadians today experience more as a harvest festival in early fall, but that some historians also trace to the meals in Port-Royal’s common room.
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
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
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
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
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“Common room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20room. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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