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Recent Examples of dormitory
Matron’s flat was just off the main dormitory wing.
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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
These centers featured dormitory-style layouts with recreational and educational programs.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Generally, inmates in the unit are in a cell with one other person, sleeping in a dormitory-style room.
—Erin Keller, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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
These centers featured dormitory-style layouts with recreational and educational programs.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Generally, inmates in the unit are in a cell with one other person, sleeping in a dormitory-style room.
—Erin Keller, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
Noun
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Cornett appears to be the victim of a vicious and false internet rumor that resulted in her being overwhelmed with harassing texts and voice mails, barely able to leave her dorm room, having to switch to online classes, and getting her family house Swatted.—
Nicole Kraft,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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In the run-up to evening events, the hotel’s long hallways had the vibe of a college dorm, with barefoot teens pattering from room to room.—
Dionne Searcey,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 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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“Dormitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dormitory. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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