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housed
  • past participle of house.
  • past tense form of house.

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The building housed a pet shop and an animation centre.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Meta’s products are housed in its Reality Labs segment, which has delivered an operating loss of nearly $90 billion on $12 billion in sales, spanning more than six years.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

The seven structures housed 13 rental units where locals lived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

Yet although billions of dollars have been spent and tens of thousands of people have been helped and housed, more than 40,000 people are homeless in the city and roughly 70,000 in the county.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

Callaway hustled Regan and me over to the corner of the atrium that housed the combat mats, Professor Tramble close behind him.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin