motel

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Recent Examples of motel The motel included 30 rooms and once housed construction workers building Pacific Coast Highway. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025 The fire, fueled by wind gusts up to 80 mph, also destroyed parts of Topanga State Park, including a historic motel once owned by William Randolph Hearst. Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025 On June 2, 2023, Smith was arrested by the Hartford Police Department in the parking lot of a motel on West Service Road. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025 Full houses were renting for the same price as the motel room. Lauren Peace, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for motel 
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Noun
  • There’s a spa and swimming pool, but the drinking and dining are standouts.
    Shivani Vora, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The lower level of the home featured a massive wine cellar, a spa and meditation room, a massage room, and a full bar with a billiard table.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Perfect Perch In Milan Part of an exclusive collection of Park Hyatt hotels and resorts worldwide, the hotel is ranked at the top of the 26 categories managed under the umbrella of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation brand.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • As swimwear and resort categories continue to outperform, Celandine is building on Anthropologie’s success, offering a complete lifestyle wardrobe from beach to dinner and activities in between.
    Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • No accommodations were offered, and so kids that needed learning help simply didn’t get it.
    Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The money will pay for airfare, cultural excursions, transportation, food and hotel accommodations.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Narelle Whakaari, along with husband Craig (Koro) and their 4-year-old grandson Matty were enjoying the summer break at a campground an hour from their home in Tauranga.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
  • General admission to this year’s four-day festival is $600 per person, which includes use of the campgrounds.
    Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • To further address youth housing affordability, the government will continue its Youth Hostel Scheme, which subsidizes non-governmental organizations’ renting of hotels and guesthouses for use as youth hostels.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
  • After all, youth hostels have been around for over a century.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • Inspired by the classic American roadside motor lodge, Tourists is set on the banks of the Hoosic River in the Berkshires.
    Monica Mendal, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Best historic hotels: Hotel Valley Ho and two Flagstaff motor lodges Sunset recognized five historic Western hotels in its 2024 travel awards, and three of the honorees are in Arizona: Scottsdale's Hotel Valley Ho and Flagstaff's Americana Motor Hotel and High Country Motor Lodge.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 11 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Built in 1939, this is a true motor inn, with garages between the rooms for parking your car.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 19 July 2024
  • This retro spot opened in 1956 as a motor inn and today offers modern amenities along with vintage charm.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 2 May 2024
Noun
  • Fewer still remember the traditions of autocamps and tourist courts.
    Andrew Wood, Smithsonian, 30 June 2017
  • By the 1930s and ‘40’s, cottage courts (also known as tourist courts) emerged as a classier alternative to dingy cabin camps.
    Andrew Wood, Smithsonian, 30 June 2017

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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motel. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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