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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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
Ottawa is the fastest growing county in Michigan and Allendale Township its boomtown — a Grand Rapids bedroom community home to Grand Valley State University.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2022
Nearly four weeks after the collapse claimed the lives of 97 people, the immensity of the loss has settled into Surfside, Fla., a beachfront community home to a mix of retirees and young professionals.
From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2021
Because if it had become known that my mother could no longer care for us, the district would have taken us away from her and placed us in the community home.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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