the homeless

noun

: homeless people : people who have no place to live
a shelter for the homeless

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The plan is to donate the venison to food kitchens serving the homeless in Baltimore. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2026 The Department of Homeless Services made 79 shelter placements as outreach workers toiled to get the homeless off the streets overnight into Monday. Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026 Oceanside’s safe parking program for the homeless that opened last year in the North County LGBTQ Resource Center’s parking lot on Apple Street is moving to a larger lot at the city’s Senior Center on Country Club Lane. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026 Our mission to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to house the homeless, to teach the illiterate, to provide jobs for the jobless, and to choose the human race over the nuclear race. Cheryl Corley, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the homeless

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“The homeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20homeless. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.

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