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  • noun Plural form of lounge.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lounge.

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Examples

  • On any given night at The Hospital for Sick Children, more than 150 parents can be found sleeping in lounges, or on cots squeezed in between cribs.

    Swallowing the Bitter Pill 1989

  • Also under the lounges is a place for luggage, Arch Group says on its website.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • The owners say the lounges are a membership-driven venue for people to buy and smoke cigars in a comfortable environment that features amenities such as Wi-Fi and big-screen televisions.

    San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2009

  • Equinox, for example, operates two special clubs in New York and California that cost and offer more, such as lounges and high-tech cardio and strength equipment used by professional athletes.

    Scoring a Deal on a Gym Membership 2008

  • One operator, GBK Productions, says its Sundance "lounges" will be filled with luxury items valued in total at over $30,000.

    NYT > Home Page By BROOKS BARNES 2011

  • I had Thai for lunch and all the restaurants have rooftop lounges which is where we sat and whiled away the afternoon, such a nice day!

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Common spaces on the first floor, such as lounges and the Sparty's convenience store, are among anticipated areas to be renovated, with a preliminary project cost estimate of $2.6 million.

    State News Top Stories 2009

  • They'll be setting up these Rhythm Heaven 'lounges' at various major hubs across the US.

    Nintendo Life | Latest Updates 2009

  • "lounges" and scratching pads (basically stacked-up corrugated cardboard) at pet stores.

    Lifehacker 2009

  • And having spread to dance halls and nightclubs and hotel cocktail lounges across much of the world, toward the end of the twentieth century, some genres of jazz had become synonymous with progress or revolution, and others with hanging out on the back porch, or brunching on eggs Benedict with a visiting mother-in-law.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

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