The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Citywide, Inside Safe has moved more than 6,000 people into hotels, motels and other types of interim housing since Bass took office in December 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
The city’s overall homeless population rose 3.4% including those the city puts up in motels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Christopher Reynolds traveled through eight states, past Muffler Men and motels, beneath the bright lights of Tulsa and Tucumcari.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
So I decided to take a cue from the writer Joyce Maynard, who sometimes holes herself up in motels to write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
From where we stood we could just make out what were clearly the large, brightly lit and colored signs of roadside restaurants and big motels.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
