verb
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Present
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rehousesimple
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rehousessimple
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have rehousedperfect
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has rehousedperfect
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am rehousingprogressive
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are rehousingprogressive
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is rehousingprogressive
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have been rehousingperfect progressive
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has been rehousingperfect progressive
Past
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rehousedsimple
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had rehousedperfect
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was rehousingprogressive
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were rehousingprogressive
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had been rehousingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of rehouse
Example Sentences
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There’s a vast chasm between doing nothing and spending money trying to rehouse this relative and manage all his affairs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Outside of death row, the facility does not have the necessary security measures, including a “lethal electrified fence,” to rehouse high-security prisoners into its general population.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be in Kahramanmaras, the earthquake’s epicenter, to inspect the work being done to rebuild the city and rehouse thousands of people who remain in tents and pre-fabricated containers.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
In 2020, Dr. Adams said, the Witte Museum received a grant to recatalog and rehouse its paleontology collections, with the goal of getting a paleontology program up and running.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
"Our priority throughout the whole incident was the safety of the residents involved and that was why the decision was taken to temporarily rehouse them," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2023
The Chicago Roo Crew, which rehouses unwanted hens and roosters, fears that today’s spike in chick purchases could leave people dumping adult birds later.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
The United States rehouses the largest share of refugees in the programme, which in recent years has accounted for the majority of U.S. refugee intake.
From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2020
By completion in 2035, they will have rehoused 12,000 of Kiruna’s roughly 18,000 residents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
The 20 condemned women incarcerated at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla will remain there, but have been rehoused in the general population.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
Central Park also holds a few other animal species like ducks and donkeys, but Félix wants those rehoused, as well.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
While experts emphasize the importance of quickly getting people rehoused, rebuilding in a disaster-prone area could subject people to the trauma of losing their home yet again.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 17, 2023
When the all-clear siren sounded, the Hitler Youth and BDM fed and rehoused bombed-out families.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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On homelessness, a campaign spokesman said Porter is “particularly interested in doing more on” interim housing, emergency rental assistance and rapid rehousing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
The king removed Andrew’s “prince” title, and is in the process of rehousing him far from Windsor Estate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Alysoun Owen, who teaches English to Ukrainiains at the Aylesbury Vineyard church, says there are issues "after the six-month programme ended and over rehousing".
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025
“They are also responsible for rehousing any displaced residents.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024
The whole question of rehousing the population that had been so carefully considered abroad made us no trouble, though it gave a few well-meaning people unnecessary concern.
From The Battle with the Slum by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
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