hospice

noun

ˈhä-spəs How to pronounce hospice (audio)
Definition of hospicenext
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 Joey Pollari plays a hospice caretaker with triskaidekaphobia who ends up working at a building called the Apollyon, which happens to house characters from past seasons of AHS. — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026 According to family friends, the cancer returned earlier this year, and he was moved to hospice care in October. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026 Vanderhoff was transferred to in-home hospice care at the end of July. — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026 West believes Gilkar and Ahmed plan to put the baby into hospice care in California rather than moving forward with his potentially life-saving surgeries, according to the filing. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hospice
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospice
  1. hotel
  2. hostel
  3. tavern
Noun
  • Plans for the larger entertainment district include housing, hotels, shops, restaurants, a card room and the city’s first movie theater, though future phases would require additional approvals.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • When Deadline speaks with him in his New York hotel, McKidd is in the throes of filming Conviction, the Elisabeth Moss-starring Hulu legal drama from House creator David Shore.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of hotel
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  • And the old Rapp Saloon — an 1875 brick building at 1436 2nd Street — was reborn in the late 1980s as a meeting space within a four-story hostel, now known as Hostelling International’s HI Los Angeles Santa Monica Hostel.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • That is, after first running it as a European-style hostel for World Cup guests.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of hostel
Noun
  • What to do nearby A stone’s throw away is the Water Street Market, a complex of shops that includes an antiques mall, the Grazery café, and a neighborhood tavern called Parish.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The restaurant carries the fantasy theme into its food and atmosphere, designed to feel like a tavern straight out of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
    — Beret Leone, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of tavern

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“Hospice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospice. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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