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By working on a sequel, 1047 Games has been able to build a more impactful experience than their first attempt, while remaining true to the dorm room experimentation that initially became their vision.
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Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
Throughout the dorm men, like Valenciano and Williams, dressed in jeans and sweatshirts, go about their days with little oversight.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 24 Feb. 2025
The 20,500-square-foot, two-story housing unit, which looks and runs more like a college dorm than a prison, opened in June 2023.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 24 Feb. 2025
The newest version removed the bill’s application to any public building in the state, instead limiting it to prisons, domestic violence shelters, and university dorm rooms and campuses.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 23 Feb. 2025
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Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
Throughout the dorm men, like Valenciano and Williams, dressed in jeans and sweatshirts, go about their days with little oversight.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 24 Feb. 2025
The 20,500-square-foot, two-story housing unit, which looks and runs more like a college dorm than a prison, opened in June 2023.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 24 Feb. 2025
The newest version removed the bill’s application to any public building in the state, instead limiting it to prisons, domestic violence shelters, and university dorm rooms and campuses.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dorm
Noun
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Sprawling dormitory resorts like Fregene and Ladispoli are up next: seaside cities that double as Rome’s seaside.—
Lee Marshall,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2025
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The plaintiff further claims that the school hired Rabbi Ephraim Shapiro in 1972 as a dormitory counselor, a former employee who had been forced to retire years before because of child abuse allegations.—
Glynis Kazanjian,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
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True enough, perhaps, but Isabel was not pleased on finding herself in the company of boardinghouse people.—
Charles Portis,
Harper's Magazine,
28 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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Sometimes flophouse management compromises by allowing microwaves in the common food area.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2024
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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dorm. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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