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halfway house

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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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The brutal shotgun killings took place in 1989 inside the family's Beverly Hills home.

— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Verbruggen made his 77th Premier League appearance in succession in Saturday’s 1-1 home draw against Leeds.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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In arguing for their release, friends, relatives and former cellmates of the brothers pointed to programs the brothers have spearheaded in prison, including classes for anger management, meditation and helping inmates in hospice care.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The family said the brothers have established a hospice program and have launched a beautification project during their more than three decades in prison.

— Alex Stone, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of hospice

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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

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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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