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halfway house

noun

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as in home

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Recent Examples of halfway house He was released in April and is now living in a halfway house in Gainesville. — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026 She was released to a halfway house in Alabama in January. — Christie Thompson, NPR, 17 June 2026 After leaving the halfway house, Dixon moved into a property that his sister owned. — Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for halfway house

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Noun

Check for tours of her Tudor Revival home and the English-style garden filled with holly, lilac, and juniper bushes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
The Odyssey ends in a homecoming, driven by Nostos (hope for home).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of home

Noun

Vanderhoff was transferred to in-home hospice care at the end of July.

— Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026
West believes Gilkar and Ahmed plan to put the baby into hospice care in California rather than moving forward with his potentially life-saving surgeries, according to the filing.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of hospice

Noun

The latter was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients in its heyday, which feels thematically right somehow.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of sanatorium

Noun

One lap later, Leclerc crashed out dramatically at Monza’s final corner, causing the race to be suspended and leaving him in need of a precautionary check up at the track’s medical center.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
According to the statement, Phromphat told local media that initial investigations by Thai authorities found that an emergency medical center was contacted by a private hospital in Bangkok to dispatch an ambulance for an unconscious patient.

— Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of medical center

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