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Recent Examples of dormitory
The Williamsburg Bray School was later transformed into a dormitory for some of the first women to attend college.
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
Unrest among detainees led to one group tearing down a wall in a dormitory area, NJ.com reported.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
At the Midnight Mission, fellows ate at the cafeteria that feeds hundreds a day, toured a dormitory, a soon-to-open women’s 12-step program and an education center with computers, books and musical instruments.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
The dormitory’s entrance will be off Pratt Street and could provide a boost, adding up to 200 students to the area.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
Unrest among detainees led to one group tearing down a wall in a dormitory area, NJ.com reported.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
At the Midnight Mission, fellows ate at the cafeteria that feeds hundreds a day, toured a dormitory, a soon-to-open women’s 12-step program and an education center with computers, books and musical instruments.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
The dormitory’s entrance will be off Pratt Street and could provide a boost, adding up to 200 students to the area.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dormitory
Noun
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On his way out of the dorm, Calvin forged a callout pass, unable to wait even a day to see the law library.—
Literary Hub
July 8,
Literary Hub,
8 July 2025
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These kids start companies in dorm rooms not from naivety but from knowledge.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
Noun
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Mary Surratt’s boardinghouse still stands in Washington, D.C.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
15 Mar. 2024
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Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The place had opened a year and half before on the ground floor of a notorious Bowery flophouse called, with perfect New York irony, the Palace Hotel.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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And then there are all of Gov. Healey’s foreign freeloader flophouses.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
4 June 2025
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“Dormitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dormitory. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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