common room
Example Sentences
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On the evening of Jan. 15, 26 undergrads gathered for dinner in a common room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to debate the fairness of college admissions post-affirmative action.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
Sixth formers will only be allowed to use a smartphone in their common room.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025
Door duty puts Ventura’s name toward the top of the list for work — other volunteers, who agree to clean the common room or parking lot, also get top-of-list privileges.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024
Every airport guest — regardless of whether they identified as cis-male, cis-female or anything else — could just pop into the large common room, do their business, wash their hands and be on their way.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023
“But none of ’em can tell us where the common room is.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
