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as in hut
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling a small cabin that hikers along the Appalachian Trail use for overnight stays

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as in cottage
an often small house for recreational or seasonal use kept a cabin in the mountains for vacations during skiing season

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Recent Examples of cabin Episode 4 finally saw the tensions among the group explode after they were all forced to come together as Coach Ben (Steven Krueger), who was found after kidnapping and then releasing Mari (Alexa Barajas), is put on trial for burning the cabin in season 2. Stacy Lambe, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025 Either way, that seems part of the driving force that compels her to get to the recording studio in the cabin and start channeling Kate Bush. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025 In the video -- obtained exclusively by ABC News -- passengers can be seen hanging upside down in the cabin, being held into their seats dangling only by their seatbelts. Jon Haworth, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2025 Stay at the campground in a cabin for as little as $50 a night and have access to the river before and after the day visitors do. Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cabin
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Noun
  • There’s a massage hut on the adults-only side of the beach that’s calling your name.
    Christina Liao, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2025
  • He wasn’t born in a hospital, but to a midwife in a circular mud hut with a grass roof.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
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  • It is based on Aller Simple, Crave’s French crime drama series in which passengers invited to travel by helicopter to a French-Canadian billionaire’s home ended up stranded in a cottage.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Stretching out over around 2 acres, the property includes 424 West Wakefield Blvd., a guest cottage adding around 600 square feet with a stone fireplace, kitchen, bath, patio and dock.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2025
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  • Once the two chambers agree on a plan, the Senate and House need to approve it.
    David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Not only would this require approval from both chambers of Congress, but Canada would need to back the effort, too, considering that candidate states typically hold a referendum on the statehood question.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
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  • And 95-year-old David Schecter survived not one, but two extermination camps.
    Lee Cowan, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • But what played out next within Alpine’s camp was not discussed with Komatsu.
    Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
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  • During this time, the muscle cells can retain creatine and water, causing a short-term, harmless increase in water weight.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Other mysteries include how biological cells first evolved, and what caused the dramatic onset of complex life during the Cambrian explosion 540 million years ago.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
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  • In the past, the camp, called San Vicente, consisted of just a few shacks in a muddy expanse, and officials often kept migrants penned inside.
    Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The property also has a sugar shack with two 20,000-gallon silos to hold the sap.
    Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • On the back of the robot near the charging contacts is a dirty water compartment, separate from the mopping liquid reservoir, that pulls free by pressing an inset release lever.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Thousands of tons of drugs have moved through the city over the decades, hidden in vehicle compartments, in suburban stash houses, and semitrailer loads of everything from avocados to live sheep.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
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  • The resort offers complimentary kayaks and paddleboards and helps guests arrange longtail boat trips to explore Koh Phangan's quieter bays.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • There was one corner of the bay that did, however, seem busy.
    Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 24 Feb. 2025

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“Cabin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cabin. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.

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