group home

noun

: a residence for persons requiring care or supervision

Examples of group home in a Sentence

a group home for young adults with disabilities
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However, in April, Leutner’s mother voiced concerns over Geyser potentially being placed in a group home roughly 8 miles from their home. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025 Bohren let the process continue, though concerns about the location of a group home delayed the completion of a conditional release plan even longer — past the point of Bohren's retirement this summer. Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 17 July 2025 Prosecutors are investigating a Long Island group home where a Queens mom says staff routinely abused and beat her adult autistic son for years. John Annese, New York Daily News, 10 July 2025 Is confined to his home, whether his own or someone else’s (including group homes), on or before his 18th birthday and cannot leave the home without medical assistance and remained homebound until his 26th birthday. James Powel, USA Today, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for group home

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of group home was in 1967

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“Group home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/group%20home. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

Medical Definition

group home

noun
: a residence for persons (as developmentally disabled individuals or foster children) requiring care, assistance, or supervision
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