group home

noun

: a residence for persons requiring care or supervision

Example Sentences

a group home for young adults with disabilities

Recent Examples on the Web When a judge orders vaccination for a youngster living in a group home, however, a state appeals court says the youth must comply despite a parent's religious objection. —

Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2023 The new film circles back to the opening, and the backstory, of the first film: Adonis’s troubled childhood years in a group home. —

Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2023 Snow’s grandson, Jaylen Poole, was discharged from a group home in December. —

Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2023 She got caught and was put in a group home. —

Rachel Lauren Mueller, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2022 Rose Mary Washam, 58, lived in a group home in Oscoda run by the AuSable Valley Community Mental Health Authority in 2003. —

Jennifer Dixon, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2022 Dame and Donnie were once roommates in a group home and as close as brothers, but only Dame paid the price after an altercation at a gas station turned suddenly violent years ago. —

Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2023 She was confined for nearly two decades in institutions, all along wishing that she could be transferred to a more suitable setting, like a group home in her own community. —

Sam Roberts, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022 The officer followed up with the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office and learned that the lost young man was a resident of a group home in their jurisdiction. —

Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2020 See More

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