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Recent Examples of halfway house
Phay’s family bumped into Duprey at a restaurant when he’d been moved to the halfway house.
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Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 2 Mar. 2026
There was Pounce the cat, who lived in a halfway house made from an empty box of Cheez-Its, and Neon the seahorse, who had stolen $10 million from Wells Fargo.
—Maria Zorn, Longreads, 24 Feb. 2026
In August 2014, Mundt was released from prison to a halfway house after serving half of his eight-year sentence, the Courier Journal reported.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
According to court records, Waltz served nearly six months of the 10-month sentence in a federal prison in Kentucky before being released to a halfway house for four weeks and home confinement for two more.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 11 Feb. 2026
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Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 2 Mar. 2026
There was Pounce the cat, who lived in a halfway house made from an empty box of Cheez-Its, and Neon the seahorse, who had stolen $10 million from Wells Fargo.
—Maria Zorn, Longreads, 24 Feb. 2026
In August 2014, Mundt was released from prison to a halfway house after serving half of his eight-year sentence, the Courier Journal reported.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
According to court records, Waltz served nearly six months of the 10-month sentence in a federal prison in Kentucky before being released to a halfway house for four weeks and home confinement for two more.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halfway house
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The seats being full for the national anthem at each of their home playoff games is a sight not often seen at Southern California sporting events.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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She likely won’t be sentenced until fall (possibly close to the general election) but will — again, just a likely here — at best face home confinement and at worst more than three years in prison.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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Many of the women there have spent decades in prison and become family to one another, caring for women in hospice so no one has to die alone.—
Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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An 89-year-old Kentucky Derby super fan in hospice care was granted a special wish — to make it to one more race.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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The Inhalatorium, the feature-length animation debut by director and animator Bára Anna Stejskalová, follows a 13-year-old girl who arrives at a mountain sanatorium to treat her asthma.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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The five-bedroom, nearly 13,000-square-foot residence occupies the original doctor's house, built in 1912 to serve the physicians of the planned sanatorium.—
Paul Jebara,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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After the fair, the Spanish consulate donated the building to the City of Chicago for use as a fresh-air sanitarium.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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One tricky problem Harvey Kellogg tried to solve at the sanitarium was treating the many patients there who suffered from severe gastrointestinal issues.—
Heather Bushman,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Americans are to be quarantined at a medical center in Nebraska.—
Iain Sullivan,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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The London Zoo has a new medical center.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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“Halfway house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfway%20house. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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