as in restrooms
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
everyone should use the bathroom before we leave on the long trip
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Recent Examples of bathrooms
The Nature of Things team also plans to have partnerships with local New York businesses to place the brand in key areas, such as bathrooms.
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Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
This single-story house offers a spacious layout with four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Also, nobody smokes cigarettes anymore; school bathrooms are installed with silent alarms in case of vaping.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
The Howard County home, the former residence of an IT engineering executive, has seven bedrooms (most with hardwood floors), eight bathrooms (five full) and more than 16,000 square feet of living space.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
Imagine a big box, Book said — a large, indoor space with beds, bathrooms and onsite health services.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
Much of the changes the school is implementing involve ensuring that special-education staff do not bring cellphones into bathrooms and are not left alone with students in the sensory room or during bathroom procedures.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2025
Under the bill, sponsored by Councilmember Sandy Nurse, the city would be required to develop a blueprint for building more bathrooms, with a specific benchmark of getting 2,120 public toilets available in the next 10 years, although there’s no mandate for the city to make good on that number.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
This single-story house offers a spacious layout with four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Also, nobody smokes cigarettes anymore; school bathrooms are installed with silent alarms in case of vaping.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
The Howard County home, the former residence of an IT engineering executive, has seven bedrooms (most with hardwood floors), eight bathrooms (five full) and more than 16,000 square feet of living space.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
Imagine a big box, Book said — a large, indoor space with beds, bathrooms and onsite health services.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
Much of the changes the school is implementing involve ensuring that special-education staff do not bring cellphones into bathrooms and are not left alone with students in the sensory room or during bathroom procedures.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2025
Under the bill, sponsored by Councilmember Sandy Nurse, the city would be required to develop a blueprint for building more bathrooms, with a specific benchmark of getting 2,120 public toilets available in the next 10 years, although there’s no mandate for the city to make good on that number.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bathrooms
Noun
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By declining South Carolina's request, the justices left in place a lower-court order allowing one student to use boys' restrooms, while signaling no view on the broader legal issues.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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The journey is comfortable, with reserved seats, onboard restrooms, and no worries about parking or crowded overlooks.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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Four of the five campsites have flush toilets, hot showers, and camp attendants (from $40 per person, plus a $40 daily park entrance fee per person and a $15 daily vehicle entry fee).—
Mazuba Kapambwe,
AFAR Media,
10 Sep. 2025
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Visitors in search of flush toilets and wash basins can find them at the visitors center and the immigration station; they’re also reported at other building installations on the island.—
Don Sproul,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Bathrooms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bathrooms. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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