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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Change, then, means tackling the hard-wired habits of hundreds of millions of individuals, community by community, home by home.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2023
The death was announced by the Oblate Madonna Residence, a senior community home affiliated with Rev. Kabat’s religious congregation, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2022
The family befriended Benny Medina, now a well-known talent manager, who was living at St. Elmo Village, a Los Angeles community home center, and invited him to live with them in Beverly Hills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
The yet-to-be-named channel will feature long-form programming centered around topics such as community, home, garden, food, wellness and design.
From Fox News ● May 31, 2019
Let them call the Peacekeepers and take us to the community home, I thought.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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