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Recent Examples of dorm
Towering high-rise dorms have popped up everywhere, turning UCSD into a mini-city.
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Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
The bad luck was picking low card in the housing draw, relegating us to annex housing in the attic of a freshman dorm.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
She and at least 52 other Barnard students were placed on interim suspension and barred from their dorms in April.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2024
Afterwards, back at the dorm, Noa chided Anniko for the bold move.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 11 Oct. 2024
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Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
The bad luck was picking low card in the housing draw, relegating us to annex housing in the attic of a freshman dorm.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
She and at least 52 other Barnard students were placed on interim suspension and barred from their dorms in April.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2024
Afterwards, back at the dorm, Noa chided Anniko for the bold move.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dorm
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The former University of Kentucky student who was seen on viral video unleashing a tirade of racial slurs against a Black student who was working at a dormitory front desk has been sentenced to a year in prison, a Fayette County Circuit Court clerk confirms to PEOPLE.KC Baker, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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Several of them interviewed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel described their housing as a crowded, stifling hot dormitory plagued with insects.Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2024
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Blackpool, sweeping the planks of his mother’s boardinghouse while listening to a staticky radio broadcast.Chloe Schama, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
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After resorting to desperate measures by burning down a boardinghouse and stealing money and a palomino horse, Tom and Polly set out for San Francisco.Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
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The first night at the flophouse, Barbosa slept on the floor.Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
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When Elwood retrieves Jake from Joliet Prison at the start of the film, their eventual destination is a flophouse apartment in the Loop, a downtown space defined by L tracks.Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dorm. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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