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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Medicaid waivers support four ASC group homes. Mimi Whitefield, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025 But Cotton said the court, and everyone involved in the process, are guarding information about the location of the group home. Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025 Edmond’s current job as a realtor jives well with her dream of opening a nonprofit group home. Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025 This was so touching, that the kids in the group homes would take each other’s last names to replicate being a family. Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 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 6 Nov. 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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