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Recent Examples of dorm
Next week, Karen lives in a dorm which makes cooking for herself a bit of a challenge.
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Bon Appétit, 12 Feb. 2025
By working on a sequel, 1047 Games has been able to build a more impactful experience than their first attempt, while remaining true to the dorm room experimentation that initially became their vision.
—Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
Musk mandate: If a freshman engineering major can survive dorm life and still ace a midterm calculus exam, your quarterback shouldn’t need turn-down service and a pillow mint at the local Marriott to beat Mercyhurst on homecoming.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Throughout the dorm men, like Valenciano and Williams, dressed in jeans and sweatshirts, go about their days with little oversight.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 24 Feb. 2025
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Bon Appétit, 12 Feb. 2025
By working on a sequel, 1047 Games has been able to build a more impactful experience than their first attempt, while remaining true to the dorm room experimentation that initially became their vision.
—Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
Musk mandate: If a freshman engineering major can survive dorm life and still ace a midterm calculus exam, your quarterback shouldn’t need turn-down service and a pillow mint at the local Marriott to beat Mercyhurst on homecoming.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Throughout the dorm men, like Valenciano and Williams, dressed in jeans and sweatshirts, go about their days with little oversight.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dorm
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The Biergarten, picnic tables, adjacent dormitory and apartment where Clark resides survived the fire.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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On Randall’s Island, city workers have begun dismantling the giant tent dormitories that once housed 3,000 migrants in cots, slowly restoring the athletic fields they were built on.—
Luis Ferré-Sadurní,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2024
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According to Flavor Insider, a food and cooking website, the New York strip got its name from New York City butchers in the 19th century and was initially considered one of the less desirable cuts of beef, meaning it was frequently sold to boardinghouses and restaurants to go in stews.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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The locals didn’t always welcome Trump’s plans—a woman who owned a boardinghouse near one site would not sell, sparking a feud.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes,
8 Feb. 2025
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One regular, Milt, lived in the Whitehouse Hotel, a flophouse around the corner.—
Zach Helfand,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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There aren’t any flophouses in her this-year’s-hometown of Arlington.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2024
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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dorm. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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