: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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As the warmth of the motel room started to thaw me, my hands
and face started to tingle.
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Mike Rayder, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025
Healey has pledged to close all hotels and motels serving as shelters by the end of the year.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025
The number of unsheltered homeless people — those who live in interim housing, such as hotels and motels, but do not have a permanent residence — dropped by more than 10% to 29,275, down from 32,680.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
According to the School District, 756 students currently live in hotels or motels; 86 live in emergency or transitional shelters; 129 live in parks, temporary trailer parks or campgrounds, train stations, etc.; and 2,343 share the housing of other persons.
—Debbie Daniel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025
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Mike Rayder, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025
Healey has pledged to close all hotels and motels serving as shelters by the end of the year.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025
The number of unsheltered homeless people — those who live in interim housing, such as hotels and motels, but do not have a permanent residence — dropped by more than 10% to 29,275, down from 32,680.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
According to the School District, 756 students currently live in hotels or motels; 86 live in emergency or transitional shelters; 129 live in parks, temporary trailer parks or campgrounds, train stations, etc.; and 2,343 share the housing of other persons.
—Debbie Daniel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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motel
noun
mo·tel
mō-ˈtel 
: a building or group of buildings which provide lodgings and in which the rooms are usually reached directly from an outdoor parking lot
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