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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Then, Makiya started staying at a group home run by nonprofit Monroe Harding, living with other teens and young adults who’d aged out of foster care. The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 Gilbert police found Howells motionless with blood pooled around his head on April 12, 2021, at Tilda Manor, a group home in Gilbert. Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024 In mid-November, after just a few weeks of living at the group home, Mills ended up back in a hospital. Sam Whitehead, NPR, 21 Nov. 2024 According to police, two employees of the group home were fired before the assaults were reported to authorities. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for group home 

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 9 Jan. 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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