dormitory

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Recent Examples of dormitory The rest of the land includes campus facilities such as dormitories, dining halls, conference centers for Buddhist study and several religious altars used for prayer. Lauren Costantino and, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025 As a fight broke out in the players' dormitories, the group faked their deaths and lulled the pink guards sent to dispose of their bodies into a false sense of security. Esther Kang, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025 The apartment, adjacent to and across from a dozen other rooms in a long second-floor hallway, is similar to a college dormitory room, about 16 feet by 16 feet. Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for dormitory 
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Noun
  • The university took on the case after a UA student described to authorities being raped by Higgs on Oct. 20 in her dorm room in the Northwest Quad residence hall.
    The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 14 Feb. 2025
  • He became especially intrigued by people talking about their days, so Oakley followed suit by uploading videos of him giving a tour of his dorm room.
    Athena Sobhan, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • There aren’t any flophouses in her this-year’s-hometown of Arlington.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2024
  • 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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