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halfway house

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as in home

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Recent Examples of halfway house He was released to a Chicago halfway house last summer and on at least one occasion since then has been observed in the company of Gerodemos, according to a court filing. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026 Many of these buildings could be quickly transformed into halfway houses, with common kitchens, common bathrooms and individual bedrooms for residents. — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 5 May 2026 While there are incentives for participation, such as earning credits to up to a year off a sentence and increased halfway house placement, the BOP does not mandate programming. — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Democrats call for closure The two-story facility, built in 2000 and sitting on nearly 227,000 square feet, served as an immigrant detention center between 2011 and 2017 before becoming a drug treatment center and halfway house. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 30 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for halfway house

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Now that Love's eight children are all grown up and out of the house, the family has opted to sell the home and look for something smaller near Lake Tahoe, according to the listing agency.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
The experience feels less like touring a luxury property and more like being welcomed into someone’s home—the atmosphere the team set out to create.

— Tia Lovisa Moreira, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026

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Gallagher is accused in the March 21, 2022, killing of her uncle, Thomas Arthur Burke, a 74-year-old who was dying of cancer while in hospice care at his Fort Lauderdale home.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
My personal experience of AIDS comes from my aunt, Lory Lobiondo, who became a hospice nurse after her best friend died of AIDS in 1987.

— Sarah Schulman, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026

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In May, after a multiyear renovation, the property, which spent the better part of the last century as a physical and mental wellness sanatorium, reopened as a modern spa resort.

— Veronica M. Stoddart, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
Overall Winner World Food Photography Awards The Khoja Obi Garm sanatorium (health hotel) is a colossal concrete complex built on radon-rich hot springs in the mountains of Tajikistan.

— Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

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Businesspeople and owners of medical companies have joined the effort, including Colonia Medical Center, led by Jorge Acevedo, which operates 12 medical centers in South Florida.

— Sarah Moreno July 1, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
No other university medical center in America had built a foundational launching pad as for what was to come.

— Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of medical center

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