1
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 encased
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
Then later, a week after the testing was done, state inspectors discovered that about a dozen residents who had been exposed to COVID-19 were being housed in the same rooms as a slew of residents who hadn’t.
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Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
The new eatery is located in a historic building that formerly housed Eric's Porter-Haus steakhouse.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Phillips was housed in a cell by herself and was given an electronic tablet for communication and entertainment.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025
Key features of the FWR technology include remote actuation, which allows robotic arms with six degrees of freedom to operate in high-radiation zones while their motors and sensors are housed in a remote, shieldable unit.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
On lab bench after lab bench in the Science headquarters, researchers are working on a second--generation Prima system in which the hardware currently in the brick will be miniaturized and housed in the glasses’ temple bars.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
The actress has since launched the retail brand Draper James, the wildly popular literary organization turned development pipeline Reese's Book Club, and co-wrote her first novel with Harlan Coben this year — all of which are safely housed under the ever-expanding Hello Sunshine umbrella.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
In 1965, Bal Harbour Shops housed a Schrafft’s restaurant.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
The East Wing had housed the Office of the First Lady.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
The new eatery is located in a historic building that formerly housed Eric's Porter-Haus steakhouse.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Phillips was housed in a cell by herself and was given an electronic tablet for communication and entertainment.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025
Key features of the FWR technology include remote actuation, which allows robotic arms with six degrees of freedom to operate in high-radiation zones while their motors and sensors are housed in a remote, shieldable unit.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
On lab bench after lab bench in the Science headquarters, researchers are working on a second--generation Prima system in which the hardware currently in the brick will be miniaturized and housed in the glasses’ temple bars.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
The actress has since launched the retail brand Draper James, the wildly popular literary organization turned development pipeline Reese's Book Club, and co-wrote her first novel with Harlan Coben this year — all of which are safely housed under the ever-expanding Hello Sunshine umbrella.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
In 1965, Bal Harbour Shops housed a Schrafft’s restaurant.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
The East Wing had housed the Office of the First Lady.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housed
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During the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Dean Darrow was struck by gunfire, and a bullet was lodged in his heart.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Recently, New York City added a suit to the dozens that have already been lodged by local governments against social-media companies such as Meta, which owns Instagram, and Bytedance, the owner of TikTok.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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Napoli said dueling dinosaurs, which is still partially encased in rock, has many more secrets to spill.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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In another experiment, the researchers encased their artificial muscle material in a biodegradable capsule and inserted it into a pig bladder.—
Elie Dolgin,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Oct. 2025
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The great infrastructure projects of the last century included airports, transnational highways, and deep water harbors that accommodated cargo containers.—
Bipul Sinha,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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No strollers allowed, but wheelchairs will be accommodated.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Compost bins should be enclosed.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Surveillance video shows two masked men entering through an interior hallway of the storage facility before exiting into an outdoor area enclosed by a metal fence.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Just over a dozen miles west, in Hooper Bay, Mayor Charlene Nukusuk said between 50 and 60 people sheltered for two nights in that community's public school.—
Emily Schwing,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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For example, Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove sheltered over 24,000 monarchs in 2022/23, over 16,000 in 2023/24, and then just 556 in 2024/25.—
Chelsee Lowe,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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Containment indicates what percentage of the fire perimeter has been surrounded by a control line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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Passengers attended a California church camp The fire department said the bus was returning to Orange County after passengers attended a church camp in the San Bernardino Mountains near Angelus Oaks, a small community surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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At the airport in Tapachula, the deportees boarded white passenger buses that took them to the parking lot of the city's Olympic soccer stadium.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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People from the Kansas City area who boarded the ship are highlighted on posters hanging on the walls next to artifacts like fragments of a first-class curtain, a door handle and a White Star Line envelope.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Nov. 2025
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These efforts highlight that hypersonic technology is no longer confined to the arsenals of superpowers.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Badeaux revealed that Olive had been confined to a bathroom for 10 years before her former owners ultimately surrendered her for adoption.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Housed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housed. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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