halfway houses

Definition of halfway housesnext
plural of halfway house
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Noun
  • The warning applies to residents of 11 towns and villages in southern Lebanon, according to Reuters, telling them to evacuate their homes and move at least 3,300 feet away to open areas.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • Hundreds more homes, apartments to come Later phases of development would include more housing beyond the Westveil subdivision, though exact numbers of units are not clear.
    Rose Evans May 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Of the roughly 1,800 hospices operating in LA County, more than 700 have triggered multiple fraud red flags, according to state auditors.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The next year, the California State Auditor published a report noting weak safeguards and a rapid increase in the number of hospices registering in Los Angeles County.
    Andrew Graham April 26, Sacbee.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There are 37 medical centers in Connecticut — 25 of them hospitals — that allow babies to be surrendered 24 hours a day.
    Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
  • These technologies will likely first be available at only the top medical centers in the country, which traditionally have the research funding and the cadre of skilled scientists and clinicians needed to develop new diagnostic methods and treatments.
    Gary Skuse, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Halfway houses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfway%20houses. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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