halfway house

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Recent Examples of halfway house The federal Bureau of Prisons website said he was released to a halfway house in early 2024 and released from federal custody on Oct. 25, 2024. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025 Having completed 27 of those months, he was released early to a halfway house in May 2023. Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025 On Monday, Todd was in a prison in Kentucky, one was in a prison in North Carolina, two were in Illinois and one was in a halfway house in Kansas City, according to online prison records. Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025 He was sentenced to 41 months in prison in November of that year, and was sent to a halfway house about a year and a half later. Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for halfway house 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halfway house
Noun
  • Between cookouts, family gatherings and fireworks — meaning doors open, unfamiliar guests and loud noises — pets may get scared and run off from their homes.
    Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2025
  • In New York and other cities across the nation, educators are grappling with fear among students and parents that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will show up at schools – or their homes – as the Trump administration vows to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Alex could spend the rest of her life at home with home nursing support or hospice care.
    Elizabeth Broden, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The grandfather of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has died just weeks after being put in hospice care, the NFL star’s mother confirmed Friday.
    Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The serene 13,000-square-foot property was commissioned in 1912 by the Austrian monarchy and was originally intended to be a tuberculosis sanatorium.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The sanatorium reminded him of days some older Tajiks romanticize.
    Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Bolsheviks shot its monks in the first years of the Soviet Union, and converted the complex into a sanitarium and a cinema.
    Ainara Tiefenthäler, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Camp and sanitarium admissions were voluntary, but may have been subject to family pressures.
    Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2018
Noun
  • After Pickles was shot on Nov. 10, 2022, he was arrested and taken to a medical center before he was discharged hours later and taken into custody, according to the lawsuit.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2025
  • No fatalities were reported, and the two pilots were taken to a nearby medical center for treatment, according to the San Diego Fire.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025

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“Halfway house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfway%20house. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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