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as in lodged
to provide with living quarters or shelter
some of the freshmen were temporarily housed in local motels while the new dorm was being finished
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as in enclosed
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
the famous document is housed in a special display case
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Recent Examples of housed
The disk-like shape allows more devices to be housed in a smaller area, making the overall package smaller and lighter.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Walshe has been housed at the Norfolk County Jail ever since his arraignment.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The triple is housed inside a steel chassis.
—New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2025
In the upscale furniture and lighting business, demand is also high for the know-how housed in some of these smaller companies.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
With walls covered with memorabilia and celebrity signatures, The Esso Club is a bit of a living Tigers museum housed in an old 1930s gas station.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
And in August, Miami Beach’s Bikini Hostel, which housed nearly 100 homeless residents, closed down.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
The Copyright Office is part of the legislative branch, housed within the Library of Congress.
—Peter Aitken
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Built in 1925, Memorial Hall housed a variety of community events and veterans’ activities.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Walshe has been housed at the Norfolk County Jail ever since his arraignment.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The triple is housed inside a steel chassis.
—New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2025
In the upscale furniture and lighting business, demand is also high for the know-how housed in some of these smaller companies.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
With walls covered with memorabilia and celebrity signatures, The Esso Club is a bit of a living Tigers museum housed in an old 1930s gas station.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
And in August, Miami Beach’s Bikini Hostel, which housed nearly 100 homeless residents, closed down.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
The Copyright Office is part of the legislative branch, housed within the Library of Congress.
—Peter Aitken
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Built in 1925, Memorial Hall housed a variety of community events and veterans’ activities.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housed
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Galicich said Sophia was shot in her left temporal lobe and the bullet remains lodged in her right occipital lobe.—
Mary Murphy,
Twin Cities,
12 Sep. 2025
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In February, Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged an arrest detainer requesting local authorities notify ICE before Cucol-Bol is released, the agency told CNN.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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In its former terrain, today’s Tamiami Trail used to run along a ridge above the Glaswegian Suture, a geologic feature that enclosed a large body of water now known as the Gulf of Mexico.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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This enclosed back segment of the property could work for raising chickens and other small farm animals —away from the main house.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The airline reserves the right to refuse transportation to plus-size passengers who cannot be safely accommodated.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Where Mosquito Supper Club is a five-course $135 prix fixe menu, Saint Claire’s concise menu, served on lovely, mismatched china, is à la carte for parties of six and under, with larger parties accommodated on a case-by-case basis.—
Beth D'Addono,
Southern Living,
4 Aug. 2025
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These scaffolds are erected on skyscrapers, hundreds of feet high, and encased in fabric safety nets forming colorful cocoons of green, blue and purple.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Shops sell his memorabilia — the boy's face encased in a corona of holy light is on mugs, keychains, rosaries.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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Instead, choose a downwind location that is sheltered by evergreen shrubs or a wall.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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For decades, its remote valleys and redwood forests sheltered pioneering growers who helped define the Emerald Triangle as the global epicenter of craft cannabis.—
Kim Westerman,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The site is surrounded by commercial, residential and light industrial areas, according to the applicant’s submission.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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The fair is an annual reminder that true horology is best appreciated not in isolation but surrounded by the beauty of Geneva and the company of fellow connoisseurs.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
9 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors revealed that after gunning down Heym, Stacey and his accomplice, Roderick Derrick Crawford, 21, boarded the train and made their exit at the transit center.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions boarded offshore rights on the A24 original out of the 2024 European Film Market in Berlin, and staggered overseas release from June through September this summer, cranking out strong numbers and holds along the way.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
14 Sep. 2025
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Once considered an illness confined to Central and South America, Chagas disease is increasingly being recognized as an endemic condition within the United States.—
Matthew Binnicker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Instead, the study argues, recent extinctions of plant and animal groups are rare and often confined to island habitats.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Housed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housed. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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