as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter
fed and roofed the emergency volunteers for a week
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Recent Examples of roofed
Luostarinen got around Lohrei and roofed it past Swayman.
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Ten seconds after Florida defenseman Gustav Forsling got in front of a Luke Hughes attempt from the right circle, Jack Hughes took a feed from Jesper Bratt and roofed a snap shot from the bottom of the left circle short side under the crossbar.
—Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Lofoten brings red-roofed rorbuer cabins, sea eagles and jagged peaks that look hand-drawn.
—Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Our friend needs her chicken coop (really a greenhouse frame) sided and roofed for the coming cold.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2024
That included building a 1200-seat roofed amphitheater, a 600-seat chamber music hall, a luxury hotel for guests, and a smaller hotel, with practice rooms, for the youth orchestra.
—Fredric Dannen, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Ten seconds after Florida defenseman Gustav Forsling got in front of a Luke Hughes attempt from the right circle, Jack Hughes took a feed from Jesper Bratt and roofed a snap shot from the bottom of the left circle short side under the crossbar.
—Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Lofoten brings red-roofed rorbuer cabins, sea eagles and jagged peaks that look hand-drawn.
—Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Our friend needs her chicken coop (really a greenhouse frame) sided and roofed for the coming cold.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2024
That included building a 1200-seat roofed amphitheater, a 600-seat chamber music hall, a luxury hotel for guests, and a smaller hotel, with practice rooms, for the youth orchestra.
—Fredric Dannen, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roofed
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Maryland's spending board approved contracts totaling more than $1 billion to provide new licensed caregivers for foster children as the state responds to the death in 2025 of a teenager who was being housed in a hotel.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Old stone buildings that once would have housed families now form the hotel’s rooms and public spaces.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Mar. 2026
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Meetings, private workspaces, and workshops for creative teams, producers, executives, and project stakeholders can also be accommodated.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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The art social reached full registration capacity, with additional participants accommodated through a waitlist and walk-ins.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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The winter storms typically impact the leeward side of the islands that are usually sheltered from tradewinds and intense rains, according to Steven Businger, a professor in the meteorology department at the University of Hawaii.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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The wind flows from the south, bringing heavy precipitation to areas usually sheltered from rain.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
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Four of them lodged official complaints but the cases were dismissed due to lack of evidence.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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Original framing remains visible, along with traces of the building’s early insulation, including layers of centuries-old newspapers still lodged within the walls.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Roofed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roofed. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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