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Also, would Danny really so clumsily announce a student’s suicide in front of a dorm full of girls, when that’s the kind of news an RA or dorm director would want to sensitively disseminate?
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Charlie Mason, TVLine, 13 Dec. 2024
Not long after, Martin heard Buckland playing guitar from behind the door of his dorm room.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
But these pseudo-philosophical musings on the nature of free will and fate, which wouldn’t sound especially out of place in a stoned freshman’s dorm room, are at least presented with some panache, as a vengeful orphan challenges a crumbling city’s unfeeling ruler to a game of Go.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Smeg Fab 5 Mini Refrigerator For the at-home gym, dorm room or studio, if your loved one spends lots of time in any of those spaces, the Smeg mini-fridge is the perfect solution.
—Kelly Wearstler, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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Charlie Mason, TVLine, 13 Dec. 2024
Not long after, Martin heard Buckland playing guitar from behind the door of his dorm room.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
But these pseudo-philosophical musings on the nature of free will and fate, which wouldn’t sound especially out of place in a stoned freshman’s dorm room, are at least presented with some panache, as a vengeful orphan challenges a crumbling city’s unfeeling ruler to a game of Go.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Smeg Fab 5 Mini Refrigerator For the at-home gym, dorm room or studio, if your loved one spends lots of time in any of those spaces, the Smeg mini-fridge is the perfect solution.
—Kelly Wearstler, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dorm
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This space serves as the path to the Masked Managers’ dormitory and also as the setting for the players’ rebellion against the Front Man.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Dec. 2024
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Still, the mood in the men’s tent is one of dormitory camaraderie.ByJon Cohen, science.org, 9 Dec. 2024
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At the boardinghouse, proprietress Fräulein Schneider and her Jewish tenant, Herr Schultz, who owns a fruit store, begin a serious romance with plans to marry.Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
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Blackpool, sweeping the planks of his mother’s boardinghouse while listening to a staticky radio broadcast.Chloe Schama, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
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The only thing the teachers are looking for in their new towns are… no flophouses.Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2024
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The first night at the flophouse, Barbosa slept on the floor.Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dorm. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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