as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
the monks run a hospice for travelers in their mountain retreat
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Recent Examples of hospice
Better—The Magic of Dopamine Dressing Dr. Terri Daniel, an end-of-life educator, inter-spiritual hospice chaplain, and grief counselor, told Newsweek that age and emotional maturity may play a role in the boyfriend's reaction.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Or from people whose moms are currently ill or on hospice.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 9 May 2025
Mother Teresa, who ran an AIDS hospice in the West Village in the nineteen-eighties, once dropped in at Gracie Mansion unannounced to persuade Ed Koch to give her two reserved spaces.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The late singer had reportedly entered hospice care earlier in the week, Saving Country Music reported.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 10 May 2025
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Or from people whose moms are currently ill or on hospice.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 9 May 2025
Mother Teresa, who ran an AIDS hospice in the West Village in the nineteen-eighties, once dropped in at Gracie Mansion unannounced to persuade Ed Koch to give her two reserved spaces.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The late singer had reportedly entered hospice care earlier in the week, Saving Country Music reported.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospice
Noun
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Then, in September, he was arrested by federal authorities at a Manhattan hotel.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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The most obvious source of public funding would be the Tourist Development Tax — the bed tax collected on hotel stays in Orange County.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Mike moves into temporary hostel housing and gets a restaurant job as a junior chef.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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Everyone else in the hostel room stayed asleep or woke up but didn't bother leaving.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Shells from the tavern in the basement of Gladstone’s Land, a tenement house in the Scottish capital, filled in gaps in the building’s brickwork.—
Garritt C. Van Dyk,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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The Plastered Owl - Named for a comical celestial owl, this whimsical bar serves up the coldest beers from the tap of the ancient tree at the tavern's center.—
Samantha Neely,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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“Hospice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospice. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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