as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
in the old days, a traveler could spend the night at one of the hostels placed along the coach route
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Recent Examples of hostel
The disruption comes after over 290 people have likely died after an Air India flight crashed minutes after takeoff into a hostel at a medical college on June 12.
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Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 17 June 2025
Vidhi Chaudhary, a top state police officer in Ahmedabad, said medical students who were in a college hostel when the plane hit the building are among the dead.
—Ajit Solanki, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
Officials said the bulk of the plane had crashed into a hostel housing doctors working in the local hospital.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 June 2025
Casualties are feared to include people who were inside or near the building the plane struck: a hostel in the B.J. Medical College in Ahmedabad.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 12 June 2025
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Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 17 June 2025
Vidhi Chaudhary, a top state police officer in Ahmedabad, said medical students who were in a college hostel when the plane hit the building are among the dead.
—Ajit Solanki, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
Officials said the bulk of the plane had crashed into a hostel housing doctors working in the local hospital.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 June 2025
Casualties are feared to include people who were inside or near the building the plane struck: a hostel in the B.J. Medical College in Ahmedabad.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hostel
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The luxury conglomerate has just sold its only U.S. hotel, the five-star El Encanto resort in California.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
9 July 2025
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The Shops at Sunset Place in South Miami will be demolished to make way for a new development featuring residential towers, a hotel, offices, a theater and restaurants.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
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The tavern will be open to all ages, seatings will be limited to 45 minutes, and adults 21-and-up can enjoy a maximum of two alcoholic beverages.—
Megan duBois,
Southern Living,
14 July 2025
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Thomas Lord, himself a cricketer, facilitated the move and the new land had a tavern and a wooden pavilion.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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“Hostel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hostel. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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