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In the southern state of Tamil Nadu, at the heart of Apple’s supply chain in India, the local government has helped companies like Foxconn, the Taiwanese giant that has made iPhones in China for years, by building workers’ dormitories and providing other China-style infrastructure.
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Alex Travelli, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Children as young as 4 slept in crowded dormitories.
—Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
The cardinals stay at the Casa Santa Marta, a fairly simple dormitory on Vatican grounds.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Rates range from slightly more than $3,000 per person for dormitory bunks to just under $10,000 per person for the Presidential Suite, based on double occupancy.
—Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 24 Mar. 2025
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Alex Travelli, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Children as young as 4 slept in crowded dormitories.
—Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
The cardinals stay at the Casa Santa Marta, a fairly simple dormitory on Vatican grounds.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Rates range from slightly more than $3,000 per person for dormitory bunks to just under $10,000 per person for the Presidential Suite, based on double occupancy.
—Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
Noun
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This upholstered piece is ideal for apartments, lofts, and dorms where every inch matters.—
Alexandra Kay,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Benny tells his problems to the Megan Fox poster hanging in his dorm room like a talisman of straightness—and the miniature Fox replies.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
22 May 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
Noun
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Authorities belatedly removed the girl from the flophouse, which did not go over well with Ronald Joseph.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
2 Apr. 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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“Dormitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dormitory. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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