bunking

verb

present participle of bunk
as in housing
to provide with living quarters or shelter bunked the guest in the spare room

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Recent Examples of bunking Collins is bunking in a 10-bedroom villa with a view of the ocean that is renting for approximately $12 thousand a day with a private chef and full staff. — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026 Though Biggs is making the upgrade from tween to teen room, the content creator is still bunking with her younger sister, Aleia. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026 Three weeks of bunking in the hustle and hype of the Del Mar Fairgrounds ended Sunday, the last day for hundreds of employees and exhibitors at this year’s San Diego County Fair. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026 Pre-bunking to inoculate against misinformation Fighting back against misinformation about climate change has proved to be possible, though not easy. — Joe Árvai, The Conversation, 22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunking
  1. housing
  2. accommodating
  3. rooming
  4. lodging
  5. sheltering
  6. camping
  7. boarding
Verb
  • Plaintiffs' attorney Alexander Shalom argued that housing the plaintiffs in a segregated unit violates their constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • Elevator access is available in the main buildings housing the lobby and restaurants.
    — Ronee Uyeshiro, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026
Definition of housing
Verb
  • According to the country's Home Affairs department, which briefed lawmakers on Tuesday, the country has spent nearly $18 million accommodating and transporting immigrants who demanded to return to their home countries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The 50-sheet feeder also works with multiple types of paper and different sizes batches, easily accommodating your needs.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of accommodating
Verb
  • Through the course of rooming together in dorms at rookie minicamp, doing community service work, taking group trips to Braves games and, of course, navigating practices, the Falcons’ rookie class formed a tight bond.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
  • The couple takes in a boarder, Herald Loomis, whose search for his missing wife draws the house into a reckoning with forces — both human and supernatural — that haunt everyone who is rooming there.
    — Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Definition of rooming
Verb
  • All nine bodies were airlifted to Frog Lake Huts, the backcountry lodging the group stayed at for two nights before the avalanche.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Experiences may eventually become a larger part of the platform, but Hachey emphasized that the next year will be focused on lodging execution.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of lodging
Verb
  • Animals sheltering underground or in water would have had a better chance of surviving the initial heat pulse.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Many people are sheltering in Bordeaux, which is France’s sixth-most populous metropolitan area.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Definition of sheltering
Verb
  • The 39-year-old was camping with wife Hayley Hubbard, who came to the rescue, and their three children, Olivia Rose, 8, Luca Reed, 6 and Atlas Roy, 5, when the trip took a painful turn.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
  • The flash flood, triggered by a period of sudden heavy rainfall, hit a scenic area in the province's Weiyuan county in the afternoon and trapped some tourists who were camping.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
Definition of camping
Verb
  • That loss has translated into over 40,000 industry jobs gone, vendors boarding up their storefronts and an exodus of below and above-the-line talent from the high cost of living in the City of Angels.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
  • He is accused of boarding a boat and shutting off the oxygen supply of a teenager who was diving at the time.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of boarding

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