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as in lodged
to provide with living quarters or shelter
some of the freshmen were temporarily housed in local motels while the new dorm was being finished
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as in encased
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
the famous document is housed in a special display case
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Recent Examples of housed
The elementary school arts magnet program will be housed at University Park Creative Arts.
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 12 Jan. 2026
That's because the Globes do look a little different this year, thanks to construction on the Beverly Hilton, the iconic hotel that's housed the awards show for decades.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
Angel & Vilma Delgadillo's Original Route 66 Gift Shop, housed in Delgadillo’s former barbershop, is Seligman’s iconic institution that chronicles the town’s history through memorabilia.
—Daria Bachmann, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
The building also housed a 1901 Armitage Herschell Carousel, which guests could ride after the show.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
The 35-year-old actor is currently being housed in the Victoria County Sheriff's Office Jail, an employee there told PEOPLE.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Jan. 2026
Nestled in the tiny eastern Connecticut town, the century-old building that once housed Burdick’s General Store appears to be an ordinary, benign example of historic New England architecture.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
Nonprofit organizations keep millions of New Yorkers housed, fed, safe, and supported.
—Kristin Brown, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
The new eatery is located in a historic building that formerly housed Eric's Porter-Haus steakhouse.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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Toward the end of last month, more than a dozen separate proposals from Chinese satellite operators were lodged with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the global body responsible for coordinating radio spectrum and orbital slots.—
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His friends also told him that Farabi Eye Hospital in Tehran experienced a particular surge in patients with pellets lodged in their eyes, with roughly 200 to 300 patients.—
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The Cam Newton Experience this weekend won’t just be encased in a stadium.—
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This means that heavy elements like rock and metal are dissolved and encased in a thick mantle of metallic hydrogen enveloped in a massive atmospheric cloak of multi-colored clouds of ammonium hydrosulphide.—
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All new bookings will require guests to be aged 18 years or older, in a departure from Oceania’s previous policy, which accommodated passengers as young as six months on certain sailings.—
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Adding an additional four teams could be accommodated as soon as the 2026 season.—
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Compost bins should be enclosed.—
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Surveillance video shows two masked men entering through an interior hallway of the storage facility before exiting into an outdoor area enclosed by a metal fence.—
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Bieber will watch Smith deliver that message from backstage, private and sheltered from view.—
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As reports flooded in, hundreds of students sheltered in place across campus buildings, including Solomon Hall, where police said that roughly 150 to 300 people were barricaded inside.—
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Michael was called home to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 4th, surrounded by his entire family in Los Angeles, California.—
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Centered around an azure alpine lake and surrounded by a network of more than 460 trails, Wanaka is a haven for kayaking, hiking, mountain biking, and skiing.—
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At the airport in Tapachula, the deportees boarded white passenger buses that took them to the parking lot of the city's Olympic soccer stadium.—
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People from the Kansas City area who boarded the ship are highlighted on posters hanging on the walls next to artifacts like fragments of a first-class curtain, a door handle and a White Star Line envelope.—
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Impressive, but safely confined to prototypes and concept demos.—
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For best results, install traps along walls, under appliances, and in other dark corners where mice are active and check the traps daily so mice don’t stay confined for long.—
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“Housed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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