houseless
Example Sentences
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America’s homeless population ranges between 500,000 and 600,000 depending on who’s counting, with roughly two-thirds of houseless people sleeping in shelters.
From Salon • Nov. 7, 2023
"My parents might be homeless, but they aren't houseless," Phoebe tweeted, along with a video of her and her mother.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2022
While some people may be able to find relief indoors with an air conditioner, others may not be able to afford the luxury or may simply be houseless, Boucher said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2022
As officers wrestled him out of his tent and carried him bodily toward the police van, a man shouted: “Shame on you. Is that how you treat houseless people?”
From New York Times • May 4, 2022
All those miles and days had been across a houseless, speechless desolation: rock, ice, sky, and silence: nothing else, for eighty-one days, except each other.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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