BILLETED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

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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The Sacramento Homeless Union, a local of the California Homeless Union, represents 4,600 homeless, formerly homeless and marginally-housed people in the Sacramento area, the suit said.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
The burn took place at Rocket Lab's Archimedes Test Complex, housed at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 July 2026

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Up to 16 satellites … Before the award, a feasibility study was conducted to confirm that CubeSats could be safely accommodated as secondary payloads aboard an Ariane 6 flight.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
In a single event, the ridge accommodated nearly 40 years’ worth of plate motion.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 8 July 2026

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During the search, BPD said officers found a ghost gun that contained one spent shell casing lodged in the chamber and was loaded with 16 live rounds in a large-capacity magazine.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026
Devers furthered the Giants’ cause with a ground-rule double that lodged itself under the padding along the right-field line, scoring Schmitt.

— Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 10 July 2026

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