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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The result, too many prisoners are spending more time in costly institutions than in halfway houses.
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Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
He was also fined $50,000, ordered to pay back taxes and interest, sentenced to three months in a halfway house, and ordered to perform 1,000 hours of community service.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
The British spy series follows the misfits as Slough House, a halfway house for MI5 agents who screwed up in some way or another and have been put into a kind of probation.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
Earlier that day, Grayson had an appointment at Reese’s halfway house.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
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Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
He was also fined $50,000, ordered to pay back taxes and interest, sentenced to three months in a halfway house, and ordered to perform 1,000 hours of community service.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
The British spy series follows the misfits as Slough House, a halfway house for MI5 agents who screwed up in some way or another and have been put into a kind of probation.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
Earlier that day, Grayson had an appointment at Reese’s halfway house.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
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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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