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Recent Examples of dormitory
The set has been redesigned: a huge X (no) and O (yes) is now the centerpiece of the player dormitories.
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Chad De Guzman, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
But when echoes of gunfire in the athletes' dormitories turns into confirmation of two dead athletes and demands from a group called Black September, the Olympics script goes out the window.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Matron’s flat was just off the main dormitory wing.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
The 77,000-square-foot detention center built in 2018 was expanded this year to include interrogation rooms, 30 detention cells, and dormitories for 550 staff members.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Chad De Guzman, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
But when echoes of gunfire in the athletes' dormitories turns into confirmation of two dead athletes and demands from a group called Black September, the Olympics script goes out the window.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Matron’s flat was just off the main dormitory wing.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
The 77,000-square-foot detention center built in 2018 was expanded this year to include interrogation rooms, 30 detention cells, and dormitories for 550 staff members.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
Noun
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Rooms have been turned into separate dorms for men and women and children.—
Julia Frankel,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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The agency demolished a dorm at McMurdo years ago, and still hasn’t rebuilt it.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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“Dormitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dormitory. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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