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restroom

[rest- room, room] / ˈrɛstˌ rum, ˌrʊm /






NOUN
latrine
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CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, who was returning from a restroom on the floor where the incident occurred, delivered an eyewitness account from the Hilton lobby using a Webex app on a smartphone.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

There are several ways germs can enter your body in a public restroom:

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

Whereupon one party member excused himself to go to the restroom.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

The town's authorities report that tourists were "opening private home doors without permission to use the restroom," trespassing, littering and "defecating in private yards and raising a fuss when residents pointed this out".

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

I paused and lingered a minute at the door to the girls’ restroom.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry




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