: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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Full houses were renting for the same price as the motel room.
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Lauren Peace, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
The pair allegedly forced their way into the motel room and ordered Irizarry's boyfriend to go into the bathroom.
—Phil Boucher, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
One of those in a motel is 45-year-old Rasheena McCord, a mother of four.
—Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
The cost of our entire holiday was less than our bill for one night’s lodging and a New Year’s Eve dinner in the Ann Arbor motel — less than $100 per family.
—Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
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Lauren Peace, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
The pair allegedly forced their way into the motel room and ordered Irizarry's boyfriend to go into the bathroom.
—Phil Boucher, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
One of those in a motel is 45-year-old Rasheena McCord, a mother of four.
—Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
The cost of our entire holiday was less than our bill for one night’s lodging and a New Year’s Eve dinner in the Ann Arbor motel — less than $100 per family.
—Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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motel
noun
mo·tel
mō-ˈtel 
: a building or group of buildings which provide lodgings and in which the rooms are usually reached directly from an outdoor parking lot
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