community home
Britishnoun
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a home provided by a local authority for children who cannot remain with parents or relatives, or be placed with foster parents
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Former name: approved school. community home with education on the premises. CHE. a boarding school for young offenders
Example Sentences
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Long Beach officials on Tuesday announced they had halted plans to set up a temporary winter homeless shelter at a community gym after complaints from neighbors.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023
Deporte Libre was originally founded to transform two abandoned 40m-high water silos into a community gym.
From BBC • May 31, 2022
And because they bought into a multifamily community, they will not have to worry about landscaping or snow removal, and will be able to use the community gym, swimming pool, dog park and clubhouse.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2016
Not more than a dozen years ago, basketball didn't amount to nearly so much beyond the community gym.
From Time Magazine Archive
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