halfway house

noun

Definition of halfway housenext
as in home

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Recent Examples of halfway house Theranos turned out to be a fraud, will be moved from her current minimum-security prison to a halfway house next year to finish out her prison term, officials said. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026 Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been approved to move to a halfway house next year, ABC News reported, years after her stunning downfall that culminated in a conviction for defrauding investors while running her failed blood testing startup. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026 He’s currently assigned to a Chicago-area halfway house, records show. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Located in Rimini, San Patrignano is the largest halfway house in Europe and has been offering people with drug addictions the tools to build a new life since 1978. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for halfway house
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halfway house
  1. home
  2. hospice
  3. sanatorium
  4. sanitarium
  5. medical center
Noun
  • Fellig says one of his clients recently bought a home for $30 million and got a $35 million offer to sell it a month later.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • For Crystal, this occurred at the end of 2025, his annus horribilis, when Reiner and wife Michelle were found stabbed to death at their Brentwood home.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of home
Noun
  • One of his quilts was raffled off at the Angola Prison Rodeo, a biannual public event, and raised $30,000 for the hospice program.
    — Sea Stachura, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Shirley has since visited other states in the US under similar pretenses, showing up unannounced to grocery stores and hospice centers in search of evidence of fraud.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of hospice
Noun
  • The daughter, incidentally, is a tuberculosis patient in a Swiss sanatorium (shades of Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, which had appeared to great acclaim only five years earlier).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 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
  • That quickly comes in handy when Clancy, a sadistic guard, tells the inmates they’re being shipped to the infamous sanitarium Saint Mabyn’s.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The estate later transitioned into a sanitarium that hosted the likes of Zelda Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026
Definition of sanitarium
Noun
  • Some of his constituents live a two-hour drive or longer from medical centers that typically host clinical trials.
    — Gerry Smith, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • This leads to rapid muscle weakness, sensory loss, pain, and bladder and bowel dysfunction, according to the Cleveland Clinic medical center.
    — Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of medical center

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“Halfway house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfway%20house. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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