common room
Example Sentences
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On the evening of Jan. 15, 26 undergrads gathered for dinner in a common room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to debate the fairness of college admissions post-affirmative action.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
Sixth formers will only be allowed to use a smartphone in their common room.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025
Some common room shapes include: rectangular, square, angled and curved.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2023
Seated adjacent to the facility’s dingy common room, we became, in the playwright’s own staging, fellow residents.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2023
Since our first moment here, my parents have been painfully cognizant of the camera in the common room of our Mercury Home that captures every second of our lives.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
