halfway house

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Recent Examples of halfway house Jalloh had been transferred from a prison facility to a residential reentry center, or halfway house, in August 2024, and released from federal custody later that year, according to court records. ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026 Phay’s family bumped into Duprey at a restaurant when he’d been moved to the halfway house. 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 See All Example Sentences for halfway house
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Noun
  • The deliberate blackouts, commonly known as Public Safety Power Shutoff, or PSPS, events, are affecting homes and businesses in eight counties north and west of Sacramento County.
    Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
  • Christina Baanders-Decker and her husband, who run Midwest Cyclery in Westport, were ecstatic to learn the Dutch national team would call Kansas City home for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • Suno and others have targeted use cases, such as patients in hospice care using Suno to leave songs behind for loved ones, or therapists helping teens navigate mental health challenges through music creation.
    Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • The son, also named Robert Coles, told The Associated Press that his father died Thursday at a hospice center in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • My favorite hike happened to start at my favorite hotel, Rooms Kazbegi, an old Soviet sanatorium that’s been given a glow-up.
    Lori Rackl, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The 20-year-old is receiving specialized treatment at a Sacramento-area medical center for third-degree burns, according to the Yuba City Police Department.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
  • He was later airlifted to a medical center in Massachusetts based on the severity of his injuries.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026

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“Halfway house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfway%20house. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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