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billeted

verb

past tense of billet
as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier

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  1. housed
  2. accommodated
  3. lodged
Verb
  • The police compound housed counterterrorism police, who had carried out operations against militants across the province in recent years.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The backstory The hotel is housed in a 19th-century grand palazzo that was previously a transport company headquarters.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of housed
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  • First, the law takes its time in responding to new technologies, figuring that new tools can be accommodated within existing ideas, rules, and doctrines.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • But, as seen in Piddington, that strategy can create challenges when a large asylum facility is proposed near a small community that has historically accommodated relatively few asylum seekers.
    — Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of accommodated
Verb
  • At the scene Friday night, a gray electric Citi Bike could be seen lodged beneath the wheels of a truck belonging to Badger Daylighting, a company specializing in hydrovac excavation whose NYC headquarters are located in the Bronx.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Aerial footage of the crash showed the SUV lodged into the middle of the Metro bus.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of lodged
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“Billeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billeted. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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