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Recent Examples of halfway house
Arenas in 2010 pleaded guilty to felony gun possession, served two days in jail, spent time in a halfway house and was sentenced to two years of probation.
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Jason Jones, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
He was sentenced to two years on probation and 30 days in a halfway house.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
By then, Zhao had been out of a federal halfway house in Long Beach, California, for less than three months, having served a short sentence after his guilty plea.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
Bracey was previously arrested at the age of 48 and spent three years in prison, after which he was released to a halfway house, according to a blurb in the 2017 annual report of Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
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Jason Jones, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
He was sentenced to two years on probation and 30 days in a halfway house.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
By then, Zhao had been out of a federal halfway house in Long Beach, California, for less than three months, having served a short sentence after his guilty plea.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
Bracey was previously arrested at the age of 48 and spent three years in prison, after which he was released to a halfway house, according to a blurb in the 2017 annual report of Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halfway house
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Last week, Reuters reported that Pulte’s own father and stepmother had declared two homes in two different states as their primary residence, prompting a town in Michigan to remove a tax exemption for their home there and charge the couple for back taxes.—
Chris Prentice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Ramón Laureano got Machado home and Sheets to third on a groundout, and a walk by Merrill brought O’Hearn to the plate as the potential tying run.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Wallack family had long owned a building there, which in its time had been a motel and then a hospice.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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With no treatment for SSPE, he was discharged from the hospital to home hospice care and died 43 months later in 2015.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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Now, the sanatorium hosts public and private tours and paranormal investigations for those interested in exploring the building.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Aug. 2025
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For a local experience, book a treatment at one of Jurmala’s historic sanatoriums.—
Becca Blond,
AFAR Media,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Why show Franz playing tug-of-war naked at a sanitarium with a bunch of men wearing animal masks?—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Just like today, drug addiction often started with painkillers given for an injury, as was the case with hunky actor Wallace Reid, who died in 1923 at a sanitarium where he was being treated for morphine addiction after a train accident.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2022
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He was initially taken to a medical center to treat his injuries and has since been booked on two counts of murder and one count of cruelty to a child, per the sheriff's office, according to WRDW and the Augusta Press.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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An office tower may look unattractive on paper because vacancy is high, but a closer look could reveal that the property sits in a desirable submarket poised for growth, or that new infrastructure, universities or medical centers are about to create long-term tenants.—
Jack Mullen,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Halfway house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfway%20house. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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