as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter
the militia is being quartered just outside the city
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Recent Examples of quartered
In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square.
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George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Sprinkle quartered cookies over sherbet mixture, pressing gently into the mixture.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
But there was no coup insofar as the military remained quartered rather than actively joining the protests or issuing a threat to compel the prime minister to resign.
—John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
Large game like moose must be quartered before it can be handled.
—Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
This military incursion sparked the American Revolution and led to the Constitution's Third Amendment, forbidding troops from being quartered in homes during peacetime.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quartered
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The elementary school arts magnet program will be housed at University Park Creative Arts.—
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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.—
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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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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 radio station just happens to be where Vickie (Amybeth McNulty) and Max (Sadie Sink) are camped out, radioing the team in the Upside Down for nervous updates.—
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The place has since been abandoned, though Victor does point the Ghoul in the direction of some NCR remnants who are camped out in the hills.—
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“Quartered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quartered. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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