halfway house
noun
1
a
: a place to stop midway on a journey
b
: a halfway place in a progression
2
: a residence for individuals after release from institutionalization (as for mental illness, drug addiction, or criminal activity) that is designed to facilitate their readjustment to private life
Examples of halfway house in a Sentence
The car is the perfect halfway house between a family caravan and luxury sedan.
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Staff at the halfway house scheduled an emergency mental health evaluation for Caudill.
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Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2025
However, for those with longer sentences, over 4 years, the FSA allows prisoners to continue to earn credits toward prerelease custody (halfway house and home confinement).
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
The pair, who previously met at a halfway house, doused the family's home with gasoline and set it ablaze.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Caudill spent just 12 days in the halfway house before authorities moved to send him to prison, court records show.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2025
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Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2025
However, for those with longer sentences, over 4 years, the FSA allows prisoners to continue to earn credits toward prerelease custody (halfway house and home confinement).
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
The pair, who previously met at a halfway house, doused the family's home with gasoline and set it ablaze.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Caudill spent just 12 days in the halfway house before authorities moved to send him to prison, court records show.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Halfway house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halfway%20house. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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halfway house
noun
half·way house
ˈhaf-ˈwā-, ˈhȧf- 
: a center for individuals after institutionalization (as for mental illness or drug addiction) that is designed to facilitate their readjustment to private life
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