1
: living in one's place of employment
a live-in caregiver
2
: being or involving people in a romantic or sexual relationship who live together and are not married
a live-in partner
a live-in relationship
live-in
noun
plural live-ins
lived in; living in; lives in
: to live in one's place of employment : live in another's home
Examples of live-in in a Sentence
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Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
Police learned that Fotis Dulos already had a new woman in his life — his live-in girlfriend, Michelle Troconis.
—Emily Wichick Hourihane, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
White, then 18, helped the family as a live-in babysitter and paid $20 a month in rent.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024
How to come aboard the research vessel The Coral Reef II also acts as a live-in laboratory for aspiring marine biologists.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
Domestic servitude, which is sometimes considered a form of labor trafficking, the department said, usually involves things like hiring immigrants as live-in house cleaners for little or no pay, and threatening to report them to the immigration authorities.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2024
That project, on Greenbrier Drive just off Oceanside Boulevard and east of Interstate 5, has 50 studio apartments, nine one-bedroom apartments, and one unit reserved for a live-in manager.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024
Two of the apartments are for live-in managers, 24 are prioritized for low-income families including a military veteran, and 24 provide permanent supportive housing for individuals formerly homeless and with a diagnosis of severe mental illness.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
This space would be ideal for a live-in staff member, or for an extended family member, guests or as a deluxe work-from-home office space.
—James McClain, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024
Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
According to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the upcoming auction, Azria’s widow hasn’t lived in the property for several years.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
Seniors living in rental housing in Detroit are dealing with mold infestation, vermin, lack of heat and inadequate security measures.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2024
And just days before his arrest, Brannon started planning with a friend to rob Jewish residents living in the Hollywood Hills, court records show.
—USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
The majority of the voters in the district live in Johnson County.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2024
In anticipation of the attack, Israeli officials told residents living in communities near Gaza and the Lebanon border to gather in limited numbers and to stay indoors or nearby a shelter.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
McClure pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent in May 2020 stemming from a December 2018 case while McClure and her children lived in Mooresville.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2024
Tom is a small-time scammer scraping by in early-1960s New York City when he’s summoned to meet with Herbert Greenleaf (Manchester by the Sea filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan), a shipping magnate whose son Richard has been living in Italy on a trust fund.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Adjective
There’s a family kitchen as well as a discrete chef’s kitchen for catering purposes or for a live-in chef to prepare daily meals.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
Police learned that Fotis Dulos already had a new woman in his life — his live-in girlfriend, Michelle Troconis.
—Emily Wichick Hourihane, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
White, then 18, helped the family as a live-in babysitter and paid $20 a month in rent.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024
How to come aboard the research vessel The Coral Reef II also acts as a live-in laboratory for aspiring marine biologists.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
Domestic servitude, which is sometimes considered a form of labor trafficking, the department said, usually involves things like hiring immigrants as live-in house cleaners for little or no pay, and threatening to report them to the immigration authorities.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2024
That project, on Greenbrier Drive just off Oceanside Boulevard and east of Interstate 5, has 50 studio apartments, nine one-bedroom apartments, and one unit reserved for a live-in manager.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024
Two of the apartments are for live-in managers, 24 are prioritized for low-income families including a military veteran, and 24 provide permanent supportive housing for individuals formerly homeless and with a diagnosis of severe mental illness.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
This space would be ideal for a live-in staff member, or for an extended family member, guests or as a deluxe work-from-home office space.
—James McClain, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024
Verb
But one of his sons lives in a part of Washington where some of the electricity comes from Colstrip.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
According to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the upcoming auction, Azria’s widow hasn’t lived in the property for several years.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
Seniors living in rental housing in Detroit are dealing with mold infestation, vermin, lack of heat and inadequate security measures.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2024
And just days before his arrest, Brannon started planning with a friend to rob Jewish residents living in the Hollywood Hills, court records show.
—USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
The majority of the voters in the district live in Johnson County.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2024
In anticipation of the attack, Israeli officials told residents living in communities near Gaza and the Lebanon border to gather in limited numbers and to stay indoors or nearby a shelter.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
McClure pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent in May 2020 stemming from a December 2018 case while McClure and her children lived in Mooresville.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2024
Tom is a small-time scammer scraping by in early-1960s New York City when he’s summoned to meet with Herbert Greenleaf (Manchester by the Sea filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan), a shipping magnate whose son Richard has been living in Italy on a trust fund.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
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