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dormitory

[dawr-mi-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈdɔr mɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
NOUN
living quarters
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There, they will receive their kit and dormitory assignments.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Lam Thanh, 50, who manages a dormitory for workers near one of Ho Chi Minh City's estimated 1,000 courts, says the cacophony is proving to be costly.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

There was a two-story parking garage where patrons could have their limousines serviced as well as casitas to rent for the season and a dormitory for working women above the shops.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

The Boston Symphony Orchestra had acquired the property a few years earlier, turning the main house into dormitory housing for student musicians at Tanglewood, its prestigious summer music academy, with an affiliated festival.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

But in the end she let Kate hoist her up, and in this way, at last, they made it out of the dormitory and into sunlight.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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