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dormitory

[dawr-mi-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈdɔr mɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
NOUN
living quarters
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In 2008 the school borrowed $20 million to build a new dormitory and improve sports facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The room had been used as a dormitory when it was a nuclear bunker and he could "see where the outline of all the beds were".

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Detainees in his dormitory submitted a grievance about commissary prices, Parada Calderon said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

The affected dormitory had shattered windows, blackened walls and a crumpled corrugated iron roof, an AFP journalist saw.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

When we returned to the dormitory, I would rub her feet and hands, but my own only picked up the chill from hers.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

North Korean workers in Russia typically live in dormitories next to production facilities, said Alisa Svitova, a 21-year-old student who worked this year as an interpreter for North Korean laborers in Russian agricultural factories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

According to the university's website, classes for the new term were set to begin on Monday and campus dormitories opened for returning students on Friday.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

One chimpanzee, Yvan, eventually picked up the crystal and deliberately carried it back to the dormitories.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

The new rules do not apply to notorious "coffin homes", cubicles stacked on top of each other like bunk beds in shabby dormitories.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

She missed the long march from the dormitories to the dining hall every morning, during which the girls bellowed the school song with great feeling and even greater volume, in order to wake themselves up.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood


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