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group home

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noun

  1. a substitute home, usually located in a residential neighborhood, providing foster care for orphans, delinquents, disabled persons, or others with special needs.


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Last month more than 100 authors at the Bollore-owned Grasset publishing group, home to some of the biggest names in French literature, said they would leave after the ousting of its long-time CEO.

From Barron's May 17, 2026

The judge ordered her to be housed in a group home for high-risk male teens and young adults.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

In late October, eight months after his hospital stay began, the state moved him to a group home in Macon, about 85 miles southeast of Atlanta.

From Salon Nov. 26, 2024

On Aug. 27, the employee who video-recorded the incident two days earlier sent the footage to a colleague who worked at a group home in Agua Dulce.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2024

He’d run away from the group home and was back in Oakland.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

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