as in housing
to provide with living quarters or shelter
the militia is being quartered just outside the city
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Recent Examples of quartering
Dark Renaissance will teach you a great deal about Marlowe’s brilliance and the Elizabethan era—its theater, the aristocracy, the spy craft, and the finer points of drawing and quartering religious dissidents.
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Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
The closest buck was quartering away to my right, running hard.
—Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
LeMessurier also realized his engineers had miscalculated how much stress would be offset by the building’s weight during quartering winds.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
The closest buck was quartering away to my right, running hard.
—Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
LeMessurier also realized his engineers had miscalculated how much stress would be offset by the building’s weight during quartering winds.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quartering
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The building housing the Merchant's House Museum was built in 1832.—
Jeana Fermi,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2026
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According to Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, housing those inmates has forced the county to spend between $20 million and $30 million from the county's general fund to cover the expenses.—
Lucas Finton,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
10 Feb. 2026
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Rutledge added that maintaining TV studios, crews and accommodating large audiences is becoming increasingly costly for producers, who are looking more to other types of digital and social platforms that are more attractive to advertisers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Parents of children with special needs often shy away from high-end spaces where their kids’ behavior might be on full display—but in my experience, the more luxurious the environment, the more patient, accommodating, and unflappable the staff tends to be.—
Melissa Petro,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
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According to a press release Friday, the city will activate two temporary centers dedicated to sheltering people from the weather.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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The fracturing of the television audience parallels the schisms in America’s political culture, with viewers and voters increasingly sheltering in partisan echo chambers.—
Karrin Vasby Anderson,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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The other is in the South Bay, lodging at Hilton’s Signia hotel in San Jose and practicing at San Jose State’s Spartan Soccer Complex just south of the university campus.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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According to Delaware North’s website, its parks and resorts subsidiary provides services in seven national parks and operates lodging in five communities near parks, including Yosemite.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
12 Feb. 2026
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Before leaving Dilley and boarding a flight to California, the family gathered for a final video call with their lawyer and a reporter.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
19 Feb. 2026
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The church has old newspaper articles that talk about Hines keeping Louisville police from boarding his train and searching for people to bring back to Kentucky.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Quartering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quartering. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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