halfway house

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Recent Examples of halfway house Mother and daughter reunited in 1998, when Kenishea Frierson was 14 and her mom had just gotten out of a post-prison halfway house. Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025 The tabard was a sort of halfway house. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2025 According to the report, Larson pleaded guilty to sending cocaine to friends and spent 10 years and three months in prison and was released from a halfway house in June 2006. Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 17 July 2025 The former officer was additionally sentenced to two years of supervised release, with the first approximately seven months to be served in a residential re-entry facility, also known as a halfway house. Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for halfway house
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Noun
  • The Rakhimovs’ house, built in 2006 on land granted by the state, is more than a home.
    Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Residents said the gas leaks this week brought back fresh memories of a fatal home explosion in April, when 5-year-old Alistair Lamb was killed.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The story centers on a young woman with gerontophobia who goes to work at a hospice after neglecting her dying parents.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Those charities include Prevent Breast Cancer, the Teenage Cancer Trust, children’s hospice Julia’s House, the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, the Children’s Literacy Charity, and the British Heart Foundation.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Now, the sanatorium hosts public and private tours and paranormal investigations for those interested in exploring the building.
    Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Aug. 2025
  • For a local experience, book a treatment at one of Jurmala’s historic sanatoriums.
    Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • An upright piano, several music stands, and a Gretsch drum set were globbed together in a tiny, all-white room that could pass for a sanitarium.
    Jane Bua, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Why show Franz playing tug-of-war naked at a sanitarium with a bunch of men wearing animal masks?
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And the notable tattoo parlors that offer this procedure—Sedation Ink, as well as The California Dream Tattoo and Ganga Tattoo in Los Angeles—tend to operate more like medical centers than studios.
    John Semley, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
  • He was transported to a nearby medical center, where he was pronounced dead, according to the release.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Halfway house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfway%20house. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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