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halfway house

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as in home

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Recent Examples of halfway house Democrats call for closure The two-story facility, built in 2000 and sitting on nearly 227,000 square feet, served as an immigrant detention center between 2011 and 2017 before becoming a drug treatment center and halfway house. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 30 May 2026 He was released to a Chicago halfway house last summer and on at least one occasion since then has been observed in the company of Gerodemos, according to a court filing. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026 Many of these buildings could be quickly transformed into halfway houses, with common kitchens, common bathrooms and individual bedrooms for residents. — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 5 May 2026 Jill says the woman was moved to a halfway house after just a few months in prison. — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for halfway house

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Update your emergency kit and be sure to include enough food and water to last for 3 days for each person in your home.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Valiollah Hayati, deputy governor for security and law enforcement of Khuzestan Province, where Ahvaz is located, reported that a strike caused damage to nearby homes and shattered the windows of some housing units, according to IRIB.

— Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

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The site was home to a sanatorium for internal diseases in the early 20th century, founded by the physician Theodor Büdingen.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026
In May, after a multiyear renovation, the property, which spent the better part of the last century as a physical and mental wellness sanatorium, reopened as a modern spa resort.

— Veronica M. Stoddart, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026

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Businesspeople and owners of medical companies have joined the effort, including Colonia Medical Center, led by Jorge Acevedo, which operates 12 medical centers in South Florida.

— Sarah Moreno July 1, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
No other university medical center in America had built a foundational launching pad as for what was to come.

— Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of medical center

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