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Recent Examples of dormitory
The cardinals stay at the Casa Santa Marta, a fairly simple dormitory on Vatican grounds.
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Students at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff have been treated for rabies exposure after a dormitory became infested with bats.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
Male athletes stayed in Royal Air Force barracks, while women were housed in college dormitories.
—Tim Genske, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
The workshops run on cheap labor from the provinces; around 200,000 make the long trek from their home villages for six-month periods, living in the workshop dormitories and working 15-hour days.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Students at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff have been treated for rabies exposure after a dormitory became infested with bats.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
Male athletes stayed in Royal Air Force barracks, while women were housed in college dormitories.
—Tim Genske, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
The workshops run on cheap labor from the provinces; around 200,000 make the long trek from their home villages for six-month periods, living in the workshop dormitories and working 15-hour days.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
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The half-moon devices come in fun colors and are a perfect fit for a colorful office or dorm room.Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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The teaser begins with the unruly foursome up to their usual antics, as Kimberly (Chalamet) and Whitney (Scott) return to their dorm in the morning to find Bela (Kaur) and Leighton (Rapp) waiting.Julia Moore, People.com, 9 Oct. 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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After resorting to desperate measures by burning down a boardinghouse and stealing money and a palomino horse, Tom and Polly set out for San Francisco.Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 7 July 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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When Elwood retrieves Jake from Joliet Prison at the start of the film, their eventual destination is a flophouse apartment in the Loop, a downtown space defined by L tracks.Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
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“Dormitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dormitory. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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