halfway house

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Recent Examples of halfway house Located in Rimini, San Patrignano is the largest halfway house in Europe and has been offering people with drug addictions the tools to build a new life since 1978. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026 Ryan will play Lenny’s ex-boyfriend Boone, a recovering addict from a well-off Dallas family who’s living at a halfway house while trying to rebuild his life. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026 The bothy is now used as a halfway house for players wanting snacks or refreshment. — Zach Schenfisch, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 He was released in April and is now living in a halfway house in Gainesville. — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for halfway house
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Noun
  • On August 1, 2025, the day after the lease lapsed, Cathy and Salvatore sued for possession of their home in Manhattan housing court.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Carter is licking his wounds after the rest of the tribe sent Ana home in a blindside.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Typically, the agency has pursued health fraud cases centered on providers, clinics, home health agencies, and hospices.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The men were also ordered to return more than 300 million baht (about $9 million) to the hospice at Wat Phra Bat Namphu temple in the central province of Lopburi, where Alongkot had served as abbot.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The daughter, incidentally, is a tuberculosis patient in a Swiss sanatorium (shades of Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, which had appeared to great acclaim only five years earlier).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The site was home to a sanatorium for internal diseases in the early 20th century, founded by the physician Theodor Büdingen.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • The estate later transitioned into a sanitarium that hosted the likes of Zelda Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026
  • Her sanitarium was the talk of the world in 1912.
    — Gregg Olsen, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • In data from the university medical center, Carleton found that about 65% of patients were still receiving biopsies.
    — Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Granbery was located on Sunday at the bottom of a steep embankment with multiple significant injuries from a fall and from exposure, and was airlifted to a medical center to receive treatment, Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

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“Halfway house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfway%20house. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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