How to Use room and board in a Sentence

room and board

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  • Both are made to sing and dance for their room and board.
    Naveen Kumar, Variety, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Friends stayed for months at a time, urging the Eatons to charge for room and board.
    Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Marjorie agreed to do the job for a flat rate of $160 per day plus room and board.
    Andy Newman, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2019
  • And the cost of college isn't just tuition, plus room and board.
    Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Choose a cheaper meal plan to save on room and board and to avoid the freshman 15.
    Mark Kantrowitz, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
  • And these are just the starting rates (tuition, room and board, fees).
    Leena Kim, Town & Country, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The award will include tuition, room and board, and books to any state school in Ohio.
    Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 17 May 2021
  • Don't count on a free ride, and know that even those may not include room and board.
    Sara Stanich, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The fellows will get free room and board in addition to a stipend.
    Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The team launched a GoFundMe for uniforms, room and board and travel.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Dennis Devine asks: When a player is called up, does the team pay for his room and board?
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Free room and board is offered in exchange for their work.
    Martha Shade, CNN, 9 May 2021
  • How much will the student have to pay for tuition, fees, room and board, and travel?
    IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The host family opens their home to the student and provides free room and board.
    Claire Goodman, Chron, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Rates for the Joy of Being retreat are $210 per night per child, in addition to the room and board.
    Leila Najafi, Robb Report, 9 May 2023
  • The savings plan can be used for either tuition, room and board or both.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Short days on site, nice rental cars, plus room and board — being a hitman doesn’t seem so bad.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Students will also receive a full year of room and board for free.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Yes, tuition, room and board make up most college costs.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Students also received a full year of room and board for free.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 27 May 2022
  • The drawings, which were available to those 12 to 17 years old, cover tuition, room and board and books.
    Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • The discount does not apply to room and board and general fees, which will remain the same.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 26 June 2021
  • Ivy Tech does not offer room and board at any of its campuses.
    Elizabeth Depompei, Indianapolis Star, 24 Mar. 2020
  • The shelter charges migrants 100 pesos — roughly $5 — a week for room and board.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The grandfather also footed a bill for riding lessons and room and board for a pony.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • That does not include room and board costs, which were refunded when the students moved out.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2020
  • The program covers the cost of the fellowship, including room and board.
    Macie Parker, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
  • The scholarship covered four years of tuition, fees, and room and board, as well as books and school supplies.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Turns out, there are plenty of people out there willing to trade some light labor in exchange for room and board at a beautiful French chateau.
    Valentina Valentini, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2023
  • My mother’s mother, a preacher’s daughter, born in North Carolina in the early 1900s, washed dishes to pay for her room and board to attend college for a couple of years.
    Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024

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