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dormitory
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dormitory
1. US a building, esp at a college or camp, providing living and sleeping accommodation
2. Brit denoting or relating to an area from which most of the residents commute to work (esp in the phrase dormitory suburb)

dormitory
A place, building, or room to sleep in.


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Fordham University celebrated a milestone in the construction of three new residence halls with a topping off ceremony at the Rose Hill campus.
The resulting upswing in the need for student housing has only fed the boom in the construction of new dormitories and residence halls around New York City.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Faculty living alongside students in the residence halls, even in a living-learning context, is not very prevalent," said Inkelas, a professor at the University of Maryland.
 
 
 
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