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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But with no other local authority in Scotland or the north of England willing to rehouse her, she eventually settled in Lower Bridge Street, a stone's throw away from her old stomping ground.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025
“It took us years to rehouse those animals,” Traverso said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2023
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
Authorities are also building new cities and neighborhoods to rehouse those living in at-risk areas.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
While the state has pitched in over $24 million to rehouse and provide services to the residents of Camp Hope, additional funds are necessary to finish the job, Beggs said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 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
Patients with serious psychiatric conditions may have to be temporarily rehoused while extensive repairs are carried out at the Acute Mental Health Inpatient centre in Belfast.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 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
Some 800,000 people living in tents need to be rehoused.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
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
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
"It isn't just a roof over your head, it's trained support workers who can do therapeutic work with children, help with rehousing - it's planning a new life."
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
“Up until now families living in these areas were bearing the brunt of rehousing and rehabilitating the state’s sex offenders. That’s all about to change.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2024
“They are also responsible for rehousing any displaced residents.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024
In all this the question of rehousing the population, that had to be so carefully considered abroad in the destruction of slums, gave no trouble.
From A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
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