lodgment

Example Sentences

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The deal gives Curtis a solid lodgment in the prospering field of shelter magazines.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ezra Pound, his trial for treason postponed by his lodgment in a Washington mental institution, appeared to be in for a long stay.

From Time Magazine Archive

So the U.S. must have the use of a base at Natal or thereabouts if it is to prevent an enemy lodgment in South America.

From Time Magazine Archive

A war correspondent triumphantly announced that the lodgment area from which the Allied Armies would soon launch their major offensive into the heart of occupied France was now adequate and secure.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Exception 2.—A few words ending in e drop the e before a suffix beginning with a consonant: as, judge + ment = judgment; lodge + ment = lodgment; abridge + ment = abridgment.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton