How to Use room and board in a Sentence

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  • Both are made to sing and dance for their room and board.
    — Naveen Kumar, Variety, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Friends stayed for months at a time, urging the Eatons to charge for room and board.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Choose a cheaper meal plan to save on room and board and to avoid the freshman 15.
    — Mark Kantrowitz, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
  • And these are just the starting rates (tuition, room and board, fees).
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The award will include tuition, room and board, and books to any state school in Ohio.
    — Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 17 May 2021
  • Don't count on a free ride, and know that even those may not include room and board.
    — Sara Stanich, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The team launched a GoFundMe for uniforms, room and board and travel.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Free room and board is offered in exchange for their work.
    — Martha Shade, CNN, 9 May 2021
  • How much will the student have to pay for tuition, fees, room and board, and travel?
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The host family opens their home to the student and provides free room and board.
    — Claire Goodman, Chron, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Rates for the Joy of Being retreat are $210 per night per child, in addition to the room and board.
    — Leila Najafi, Robb Report, 9 May 2023
  • The savings plan can be used for either tuition, room and board or both.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Short days on site, nice rental cars, plus room and board — being a hitman doesn’t seem so bad.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Yes, tuition, room and board make up most college costs.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Students also received a full year of room and board for free.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 27 May 2022
  • The drawings, which were available to those 12 to 17 years old, cover tuition, room and board and books.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • The discount does not apply to room and board and general fees, which will remain the same.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 26 June 2021
  • The grandfather also footed a bill for riding lessons and room and board for a pony.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • That does not include room and board costs, which were refunded when the students moved out.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2020
  • The program covers the cost of the fellowship, including room and board.
    — Macie Parker, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
  • The scholarship covered four years of tuition, fees, and room and board, as well as books and school supplies.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Most of these full-time children also have the benefit of free room and board in their parents’ homes.
    — Byrachel Shin, Fortune, 29 July 2023
  • The exception was when my brother and I were in college and her full-time salary paid our tuition, room and board.
    — Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Meanwhile, Daniels also cut room and board costs by five percent.
    — Frederick Hess, Forbes, 16 June 2022
  • There, Henry cleaned toilets and spittoons in exchange for room and board.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Since 1963 the cost of a four-year degree – as measured by tuition, fees, room and board – has never fallen.
    — Brian Boswell, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • Kancelarczyk offered her not just free room and board in his shelter but a lawyer, who took the former boyfriend to court.
    — Katrin Bennhold, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022
  • The universities did agree to refund portions of their room and board.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Here’s the thing: The cost of college includes tuition, room and board, and various student fees.
    — Kirsten Nunez, SELF, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Turns out, there are plenty of people out there willing to trade some light labor in exchange for room and board at a beautiful French chateau.
    — Valentina Valentini, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2023

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