as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
we decided to stay at an inn rather than keep driving all night
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Recent Examples of inn
According to the lore, its central fire has burned continuously since 1845 and the inn is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall.
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Janine Henni, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Its success was spurred on by the August release of Holiday Inn, a musical conceived by Berlin that starred Crosby and Fred Astaire as collaborators who break up and reunite over the course of a year, all against the backdrop of a country inn only open on holidays.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
His parents and brother stayed at the Buffalo Inn in Pink Mountain, British Columbia, for more than 20 days during an extensive search for their son, the general manager of the inn, Mike Reid told CNN.
—Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
No two rooms are the same, to give the inn a more approachable feel.
—Rebecca Shinners, Architectural Digest, 19 Oct. 2024
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Janine Henni, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Its success was spurred on by the August release of Holiday Inn, a musical conceived by Berlin that starred Crosby and Fred Astaire as collaborators who break up and reunite over the course of a year, all against the backdrop of a country inn only open on holidays.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
His parents and brother stayed at the Buffalo Inn in Pink Mountain, British Columbia, for more than 20 days during an extensive search for their son, the general manager of the inn, Mike Reid told CNN.
—Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
No two rooms are the same, to give the inn a more approachable feel.
—Rebecca Shinners, Architectural Digest, 19 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inn
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The kingdom plans to invest tens of billions of dollars into infrastructure, including 15 new stadiums, as well as hotels and transport networks, with a stadium planned 350 meters above ground in the futuristic city of Neom.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The show is immediately countered by the monotony of the van or the hotel.Jem Aswad, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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For example, while their living quarters were segregated at their garrison headquarters on Grenada, Black soldiers still fraternized with white ones, especially in taverns.Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Founded in 1908, the business started life as a cellar for aging wines, but decades later the owners added a restaurant, tavern, catering operation and hospitality school.Sofia Perez, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Mangione had clothing and a mask similar to those worn by the shooter and a fraudulent New Jersey ID matching one the suspect used to check into a New York City hostel before the shooting, said New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Police found Mangione in possession of a fake New Jersey ID that matches the one used by the suspect to check into a hostel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan 10 days before the shooting.Nik Popli, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Inn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inn. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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