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dorm

[dawrm] / dɔrm /
NOUN
campus
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NOUN
dormitory
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It was like being back in college, except this shiny new dorm was in an office building a block from Waikiki Beach.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

At the time, the social media tycoon—who founded Facebook from inside his Harvard University dorm room—was worth $13.5 billion.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Marfisee and her students walked through the surrounding neighborhood, went cot to cot in the women’s dorm and held two informational sessions in December and January to answer patients’ questions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

By 2024, he was working at a sweater factory, sending money home, and returning from his dorm with chocolates for his infant daughter, spending evenings watching cartoons on TV.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

We’d checked out classrooms, poked our heads into a dorm room, and chatted with a dean before heading uptown to grab an early lunch and move on to the next tour.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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