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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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 Instead, group homes that used that model would be forced to apply to the Minnesota Department of Human Services for behavioral health funding to stay afloat, and abide by an entirely different set of regulations and expectations. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025 Yes, most people with a disability do not live in a group home. Sydney Franklin, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2025 An underworld demon named Skinback will be wearing the skin of one of the group home counselors. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 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 4 Oct. 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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