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as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
when we go on our country vacation, we always stay at this little lodge in the middle of nowhere
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as in clubhouse
the meeting place of an organization
the Masons meet at the lodge every Thursday evening
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
the landlord can legally lodge up to 20 people in his apartment building at one time
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as in to park
to establish or place comfortably or snugly
our pet guinea pig lodged himself in the far corner of his cage and simply refused to come out
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as in to root
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
the gunman had managed to lodge a bullet in my back, just inches from my spine
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Recent Examples of lodge
Abe Streep, ProPublica, 22 July 2025
This goes for a centuries-old canal house in Amsterdam or a lodge in upstate New York, a house in Barcelona or a hotel in the Alps.
—Gaby Wood, Vogue, 17 July 2025
Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
Entire lives and visions of queerness are built on the backs of such memories, especially if such encounters were fleeting and live on as mere hazy memories lodged deep within.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 28 July 2025
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Noun
Arizona’s governor and members of Congress have called for an investigation into the Park Service’s handling of a blaze this month that leveled a historic lodge on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim.
—Abe Streep, ProPublica, 22 July 2025
This goes for a centuries-old canal house in Amsterdam or a lodge in upstate New York, a house in Barcelona or a hotel in the Alps.
—Gaby Wood, Vogue, 17 July 2025
Verb
Last year, the Legislature changed state law forbidding the state commission from investigating corruption or ethical complaints made against politicians if the person lodging the complaint did not have immediate firsthand knowledge of the activity at issue.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
Entire lives and visions of queerness are built on the backs of such memories, especially if such encounters were fleeting and live on as mere hazy memories lodged deep within.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lodge
Noun
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Portraits of the homeless advocate Joyce Brown and the fifth grader David Bright, one of the city’s numerous ‘hotel kids,’ glow with nuance and sympathy.—
Book Marks
August 14,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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Farthing allegedly punched another hotel guest in the face during an argument.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Along with six standard guest rooms, the resort features 28 cottages, with two designed by Frank Lloyd Wright protégé John Rattenbury.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Aug. 2025
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One editor said that this style of cottage felt like a standard cottage cheese, with a nice variety of curd sizes, standard level of saltiness, and mild but pleasant level of tang.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
10 Aug. 2025
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Given his experience, Flacco has been considered the leader in the clubhouse the entire offseason, while some reporters are convinced Pickett was giving him a run for his money before suffering an injury setback last week.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025
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The front office initiated a fire sale, trading eight players in nine separate deals that left some players wondering aloud who’s still in the clubhouse.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Aug. 2025
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Going directly from cooking inside the house and only trying my own food to trying small restaurants and traveling within a week’s span was a blessing.—
Kenneth J. Williams Jr,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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The minority Liberal government could also try to pass back-to-work legislation, but that would require the support of political rivals and approval in both houses of parliament, which is on break until Sept. 15.—
Allison Lampert,
USA Today,
17 Aug. 2025
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Others camped outside stores, trying to nab an animatronic or two before they were scuttled.—
Katherine Laidlaw,
HubSpot,
8 Aug. 2025
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Girl Scouts doesn’t just teach you how to camp or sell cookies.—
Karina Torres Figueroa,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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Armored personnel carriers parked next to the Washington Monument.—
Jade Walker 9 hr ago,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
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The 29-year-old woman parked her vehicle at Mambo Seafood in Houston on Aug. 11 and left it running before going inside with her husband and other kids, according to court records.—
Mike Stunson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Aug. 2025
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And unlike most states, Kentucky and its utilities have not enacted EV incentives, even as the industry spends billions of dollars to root an EV supply chain in the commonwealth.—
Connor Giffin,
The Courier-Journal,
13 Aug. 2025
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And perhaps then local can return to its original meaning: simply, proudly, of a place — rooted, not reduced or reconstituted in the language of empire.—
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf,
semafor.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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The island is also home to art galleries, hotels and hostels, and gorgeous waterfront restaurants.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
31 July 2025
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Last but not least, luxe hostels are a solid option that appeal to people of all ages, from families to solo travelers.—
Sarah Sekula,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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“Lodge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodge. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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