SRO
Americanabbreviation
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standing room only
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Statutory Rules and Orders
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self-regulatory organization
Example Sentences
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Cities like Los Angeles lost tens of thousands of SRO units in the 1970s and ’80s, and many contemporary observers note that their loss coincides with the beginning of the modern homelessness crisis.
From Slate • Jul. 31, 2025
For every set, though, walls were never moved for the camera’s sake, “so you’re true to the claustrophobia,” says Gropman, and in the case of the dingy New York SRO, “the meanness of that space.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024
In December 2021, for-profit developer Baron Property Group reopened the 600-unit Cecil Hotel, notoriously the former home of several serial killers on the boundaries of Skid Row, as the city’s largest SRO.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2024
City leaders provided the initial funding for SRO Housing Corp., which was founded in 1984.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2024
Dad called it a flophouse, but Mom said it was an SRO, and when I asked what that stood for, she told me the hotel was for special residents only.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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