homelike

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When he composed a portrait of a mother and father holding their deceased child, Van Der Zee placed a radio in frame to make the funerary scene appear more homelike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Some seek to expand funding or services, including for chaplains, mental health treatment, training and pay; and programs that allow juveniles in hardened facilities transition to homelike settings for good behavior.

From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2023

The agreement lays out a four-year plan to reduce the use of force against juveniles, to create a more homelike setting and to boost educational and mental health services.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2021

“The founding mothers wanted a separate women’s reformatory and a homelike setting,” Hanrahan, 68, said.

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2017

‘If there are hobbit-folk in these parts, why don’t we look for some that would be willing to take us in? It would be more homelike.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien