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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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Another member calls the group home the House of Vainglorious Delusion.

From The Wall Street Journal

A judge allowed her release under supervision at the group home in July.

From BBC

Pranom thought about her son, who lived in a group home for adults with disabilities.

From Los Angeles Times

He said he had hoped to use the money to buy 60 acres of land for a group home that would give orphaned children the joy he says was snuffed out of him before he hit puberty.

From Los Angeles Times

Orphaned at birth, Kurashov was raised in a group home.

From BBC