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Recent Examples of halfway house
According to court records, Waltz served nearly six months of the 10-month sentence in a federal prison in Kentucky before being released to a halfway house for four weeks and home confinement for two more.
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Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 11 Feb. 2026
Authorities have identified the man who was shot and severely wounded after allegedly charging a police officer outside an Escondido halfway house last week while armed with a knife and a 2-foot-long stick.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
The man had previously been arrested four times for driving while drunk but had mostly avoided serious punishment—a pattern that continued when he was found guilty of vehicular manslaughter for Lightner’s death but given a sentence of only twenty-one months, with a portion spent in a halfway house.
—Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Jim Crockett in a halfway house.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026
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Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 11 Feb. 2026
Authorities have identified the man who was shot and severely wounded after allegedly charging a police officer outside an Escondido halfway house last week while armed with a knife and a 2-foot-long stick.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
The man had previously been arrested four times for driving while drunk but had mostly avoided serious punishment—a pattern that continued when he was found guilty of vehicular manslaughter for Lightner’s death but given a sentence of only twenty-one months, with a portion spent in a halfway house.
—Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Jim Crockett in a halfway house.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halfway house
Noun
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Getting his first opening-day start with the Cubs made Thursday’s pregame journey to the home bullpen under the left-field bleachers extra special.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Court records indicate Frederick did not live at the home where the boy was discovered.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Christopher North, who played keyboards as a founding member of the soft-rock group Ambrosia, died Monday in a hospice in Los Angeles.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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Hinkle died March 3 in hospice care in Austin after suffering head, back and neck injuries in a fall in his driveway five days earlier, his daughter, Melody Hinkle, told The Hollywood Reporter.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Investigators, however, have not been able to find records of patients from the time the sanatorium closed.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
12 Feb. 2026
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These prescriptive measures took place in isolated medical facilities known as sanatoriums, and some of the fancier ones resembled a cross between a hospital and a resort.—
Outside,
Outside,
31 Jan. 2026
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He was injured in a car accident in New York City following the 1912 World Series, and two months later died aboard a train while enroute to California to recuperate at a sanitarium.—
Libby Cierzniak,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
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The hospice is more like a sanitarium, a European spa our parents might have frequented before the war.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Feb. 2026
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Nurses at this medical center in Chapultepec say there has been a drop off in interest.—
Katie Silver,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2026
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The North Dallas medical center will remain open, and the Addison facility now hosts a second medical clinic which offers primary care for all ages, as well as maternal health care.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Halfway house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfway%20house. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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