HOUSED Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

housed

verb

past tense of house

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 The Sacramento Homeless Union, a local of the California Homeless Union, represents 4,600 homeless, formerly homeless and marginally-housed people in the Sacramento area, the suit said. — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026 The burn took place at Rocket Lab's Archimedes Test Complex, housed at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 July 2026 Officials also reported that 128,324 families have received government assistance, while 20,231 people remain housed in 107 temporary camps across the affected region. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026 The bespoke trunk, and the coveted trophy housed inside, will make their way to the pitch for the first time at the final game of the competition, which takes place next Sunday in New Jersey. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 14 July 2026 Rodriguez said in a May phone interview with the Herald that detainees had been complaining when a guard approached him and told him to walk out of the cage where he and other men were housed. — Churchill Ndonwie, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026 The 100,000-square-foot store, which spans four floors and is housed in the 18th-century Pantheon building, feels lighter and more streamlined than before with white floors and walls, warmer lighting and more space to move around. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 13 July 2026 The mission museum and gift shop are housed in the original Convent Wing, once the residential quarters of Franciscan priests and friars. — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 The high school closed in 1982, according to Historic Denver, and the building subsequently housed a convent, a homeless shelter, a housing community for AIDS patients and the Grant Street Art Studios. — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 9 July 2026

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During the search, BPD said officers found a ghost gun that contained one spent shell casing lodged in the chamber and was loaded with 16 live rounds in a large-capacity magazine.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026
Devers furthered the Giants’ cause with a ground-rule double that lodged itself under the padding along the right-field line, scoring Schmitt.

— Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 10 July 2026

Definition of lodged

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Up to 16 satellites … Before the award, a feasibility study was conducted to confirm that CubeSats could be safely accommodated as secondary payloads aboard an Ariane 6 flight.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
In a single event, the ridge accommodated nearly 40 years’ worth of plate motion.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 8 July 2026

Definition of accommodated

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The three-level boat’s main deck and lower deck were both enclosed, according to Toczko.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Snow rooms, enclosed caverns of ice and snow, sometimes incorporating gently falling flakes, are the latest at-home flex for some of the world’s wealthiest, according to the New York Times.

— Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026

Definition of enclosed

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Multiple calls to sheriff’s dispatchers brought deputies to the woman, who sheltered in the apartment of a Good Samaritan, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
About 120 of those who could walk were being sheltered in a gym, while the rest were housed in a psychiatric hospital, local authorities said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026

Definition of sheltered

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Guests have exclusive access to the top-deck Sanctuary Club, which features a freshwater pool surrounded by comfy lounge chairs and private cabanas.

— Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
Photos from the trip showed the Black teen surrounded by White friends, though at least one other Black friend was also on the trip.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of surrounded

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While more than 1 million Rohingya have fled across the border to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where they are mostly confined to overcrowded and squalid camps, roughly 630,000 still live in Rakhine, according to Human Rights Watch.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
The breakthrough is currently confined to precision laboratory settings.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026