as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
the monks run a hospice for travelers in their mountain retreat
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Recent Examples of hospice
The woman thought her father was imagining things, but a hospice nurse told her that, in fact, a rabbit had come to visit.
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Viola Flowers, NBC news, 16 May 2025
Some doulas might be best suited to offer practical support — tending to the death directives, the scheduling of hospice care, and the logistics for after death.
—Nicole Stanton, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
The comedian had been in hospice care and suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for several years, the Star-Telegram previously reported.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2025
Nearly 94% were over the age of 60, and almost all were receiving hospice or palliative care.
—Christie Golemb, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
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Viola Flowers, NBC news, 16 May 2025
Some doulas might be best suited to offer practical support — tending to the death directives, the scheduling of hospice care, and the logistics for after death.
—Nicole Stanton, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
The comedian had been in hospice care and suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for several years, the Star-Telegram previously reported.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2025
Nearly 94% were over the age of 60, and almost all were receiving hospice or palliative care.
—Christie Golemb, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospice
Noun
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McKinney alleged that Weinstein raped her and a friend in a Manhattan hotel room in 2003.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
3 June 2025
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The owner of a local hotel allows your rival to speak there?—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The sleeper service from Hamburg in northern Germany would, therefore, be a hostel on wheels.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Meanwhile, Fred remained behind bars and was later transferred to a bail hostel while awaiting trial.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Shells from the tavern in the basement of Gladstone’s Land, a tenement house in the Scottish capital, filled in gaps in the building’s brickwork.—
Garritt C. Van Dyk,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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The female duck was brought to Chicago by former Marine Francis J. Fagan — who had won it in a tavern raffle in New Zealand — and used her to help with recruitment duties for the Korean War.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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“Hospice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospice. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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