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halfway house

noun

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as in home

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Recent Examples of halfway house 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 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 See All Example Sentences for halfway house

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The other clock hiding inside it The TC001 has attracted an enthusiastic home-automation following because it can be used with AWTRIX, an open-source firmware and ecosystem designed around small LED matrix displays.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2026
Back at school, Thom hangs out on the bleachers for a secret meeting with the creepy home invader from Robert’s party.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of home

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In July, the hospice workers staged a one-day strike for similar reasons outside Allina Health's headquarters in Minneapolis.

— Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
The Ericksons could have opted to take the baby home with hospice care, keeping him pain-free until an inevitable end.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of hospice

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The house was so quiet, with floors made of the same marble as the maze, and curtains of pale velvet and four-poster beds, and the sanatorium feeling of glasses of milk that appeared daily on her bedside table.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 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

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He is listed in the emergency medicine department on the medical center's website.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
In 2025, medical centers reported a surge in cases with COVID-like symptoms between early August and throughout September, coinciding with students’ return to school.

— Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of medical center

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