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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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Seigler slid headfirst into home and collided with Teel, who had dropped onto a knee slide of his own.

— Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 9 July 2026
Woodpeckers, owls and raptors are also out and about close to home, but might be harder to spot.

— Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 9 July 2026

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Weeks before the fire pit incident, Robinson alleges that during a trip to Nashville to visit her grandfather who was in hospice care and has since died, Sandoval pushed her to the floor of their hotel and locked her out of their shared room.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Former New York Mets second baseman Ron Hunt, a foundational figure and the team's first All-Star, is facing serious health challenges and is now in hospice care with multiple illnesses.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 7 July 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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