Thesaurus results for HALFWAY HOUSE

halfway house

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as in home

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Recent Examples of halfway house 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 Jill says the woman was moved to a halfway house after just a few months in prison. — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for halfway house

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Defense attorneys for the Massachusetts labor and delivery nurse do not deny that Clancy strangled her three children — Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months — before jumping from a second-story window of her suburban home in 2023.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Roads, bridges, homes, offices and countless other structures depend on it.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of home

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Studies have found, for example, that hospice patients with congestive heart failure or lung cancer live about a month longer, on average, than similar patients in the standard medical system.

— Kim Clark, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
An Evanston resident since 1972, Johnson had been in hospice care for the past year and a half.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 12 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

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Paxton also urged the medical centers to provide life-saving care and reject any unlawful transfer of the baby out of state.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
This backup is crucial for the medical center, water treatment facilities, school, and hotels during hurricanes, which often disrupt Puerto Rico’s main power supply.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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