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motels

noun

plural of motel

as in lodgings

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Recent Examples of motels Sierra Fitzpatrick of Step up on Second, the nonprofit the city contracts with to run the motels, referred The Bee to the city and the motel. — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026 And our best times at motels were spent swimming in the dark in the motel pool. — Anne Carson, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025

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Kimberly Schlarman, local history supervisor for the Glenview Public Library and a member of the Glenview History Center Board of Directors, said the Glen View House was a saloon by the 1890s, with lodgings on the second floor.

— Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Along the way, travelers will pass through many towns that offer sleeping accommodations, including guesthouses, lodgings, mountain huts, hotels, hostels, and campsites, according to Thru-Hiking, an online community for long-distance hikers.

— Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of lodgings

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Universal accommodations create an inclusive safety net without singling anyone out.

— Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Many of the country’s most spectacular regions have little to no infrastructure, meaning accommodations, supplies, and transportation must all be carefully coordinated.

— Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of accommodations

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What began as one London restaurant is now a global hospitality and entertainment empire, spanning cafes, hotels, casinos, resorts, and live venues in cities across the globe.

— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026
All of these key episodes happened in agreeable resorts, seaside ports, and villages, far from the sophisticated cities assumed to have been the cauldrons of modernism.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of resorts

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At Hinterland, the hillside and campgrounds give that temporary escape a physical shape.

— Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
In its first five years, the LRF tackled nearly 400 priority projects in public lands across all 50 states, maintaining the trails, bridges and campgrounds that keep parks open and accessible.

— Lulu Vilas, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of campgrounds

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By the mid-nineteen-fifties, most of the spas were defunct, and Te Aroha had diminished into a sleepy hideaway, a place, perhaps, for getting a tire fixed on the way to somewhere else.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
The spa If spas are your thing, this might not be the right hotel for you.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026

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