as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter
fed and roofed the emergency volunteers for a week
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Recent Examples of roofed
Built in 541, its highlights include the white gemstone statues of Amitabha Buddha and the enormous incense burners in the pagoda’s red-roofed Upper House.
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Tamara Hinson, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2026
Luostarinen got around Lohrei and roofed it past Swayman.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Ten seconds after Florida defenseman Gustav Forsling got in front of a Luke Hughes attempt from the right circle, Jack Hughes took a feed from Jesper Bratt and roofed a snap shot from the bottom of the left circle short side under the crossbar.
—Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Lofoten brings red-roofed rorbuer cabins, sea eagles and jagged peaks that look hand-drawn.
—Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Our friend needs her chicken coop (really a greenhouse frame) sided and roofed for the coming cold.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2024
That included building a 1200-seat roofed amphitheater, a 600-seat chamber music hall, a luxury hotel for guests, and a smaller hotel, with practice rooms, for the youth orchestra.
—Fredric Dannen, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Tamara Hinson, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2026
Luostarinen got around Lohrei and roofed it past Swayman.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Ten seconds after Florida defenseman Gustav Forsling got in front of a Luke Hughes attempt from the right circle, Jack Hughes took a feed from Jesper Bratt and roofed a snap shot from the bottom of the left circle short side under the crossbar.
—Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Lofoten brings red-roofed rorbuer cabins, sea eagles and jagged peaks that look hand-drawn.
—Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Our friend needs her chicken coop (really a greenhouse frame) sided and roofed for the coming cold.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2024
That included building a 1200-seat roofed amphitheater, a 600-seat chamber music hall, a luxury hotel for guests, and a smaller hotel, with practice rooms, for the youth orchestra.
—Fredric Dannen, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roofed
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The image appears to show the bottom of Orion's service module where its main engine and auxiliary thrusters are housed.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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And, most people who are living on the street are actively trying to become housed.—
Benjamin F. Henwood,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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Tehran’s response to the US and Israeli war has shattered any remaining belief in the Gulf that the Iranian regime could be accommodated.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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The cabin layout that produced the fastest evacuation time accommodated a total of 152 passengers with two rows of first-class seats at the front, and 30 elderly passengers evenly distributed throughout the cabin.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Safer travel can be found on lower-angle terrain, generally slopes less than 30 degrees, particularly in areas sheltered from the wind.—
Callie Zanandrie,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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San Domino is the largest of the five islands, with just enough infrastructure to keep visitors fed, sheltered, and reasonably entertained.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Mar. 2026
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His official complaint has been lodged with the judges of the French War Crimes Unit and concerns Israel’s bombing of a residential building in Beirut on November 26 2024, which killed seven civilians.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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Aerial footage of the aftermath showed wreckage scattered across the roof, including the plane’s right wing still lodged in the roof, while the fuselage sat crumpled in the backyard.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Roofed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roofed. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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