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
  • Portavadie, Argyll Situated on the banks of Loch Fyne on Scotland’s west coast, Portavadie is home to what is thought to be the biggest heated outdoor infinity pool in the country, said Rachel Dixon in The Guardian.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Like Bob Pollard, another classic-rock surrealist, the 43-year-old Hollywell is making the most of a surprise middle-aged career breakthrough by keeping the tape rolling in his home studio at all hours.
    — Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of home
Noun
  • Holistic, empathetic care Pediatric palliative care is an approach that emerged out of the adult hospice and palliative care movement in the 1990s to early 2000s as a distinct discipline.
    — Emilee Flynn, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2026
  • He was admitted to the hospice that same week, CNN affiliate KFSM reported.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of hospice
Noun
  • The former sanatorium offers a superlative spa experience with 16 different bathing experiences, including saunas, steam rooms and access to a private swimming jetty on the beach.
    — Laura Hall, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
  • 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
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
  • The trial was small, examining fewer than 100 individuals across medical centers in England and Canada over a relatively short six-month window.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Health insurance costs are part of the reason why physicians at UC’s medical centers are collecting cards to unionize, according to Perez.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 29 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 8 Nov. 2026.

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