group home

noun

: a residence for persons requiring care or supervision

Examples of group home in a Sentence

a group home for young adults with disabilities
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Outside, men emerged from a gray-sided group home to smoke cigarettes amid a day of addiction meetings, peer support, dinner, chores and study. Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025 The committee will review group home and child welfare oversight protocols, Werner said. Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Patricia Livingstone, the group home manager from Philadelphia who invested $11,000, joined LSSC in April to help her 75-year-old mother in retirement. Kevin Collier, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025 Today, the Worth family home has been turned into a group home for girls. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for group home

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of group home was in 1967

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“Group home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/group%20home. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

Medical Definition

group home

noun
: a residence for persons (as developmentally disabled individuals or foster children) requiring care, assistance, or supervision
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