noun
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a room containing a bath or shower and usually a washbasin and lavatory
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another name for lavatory
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However, by the time she listed the home, the Hollywood heavyweight had given it a complete transformation, adding two bedrooms, a half bathroom, 3,000 square feet of extra living space, three fireplaces, and a patio.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
"And that could be from getting locked in a bathroom with the light switched off," Rhiannon added.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
The night before our wedding, we stood together in a tiny bathroom in his sister’s house in the Dominican Republic, washing our faces.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
The escalating tier of penalties and the “bounty-hunter provision” tied to the bathroom restriction have also stoked fear among transgender Kansans that causes them to “self-police” to avoid violating the law, Seldin said.
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026
I changed my dirty shirt in the McDonald’s bathroom, but my toothbrush and toothpaste were buried too deep inside the suitcase.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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