BILLETED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

billeted

verb

past tense of billet

as in housed

to provide with living quarters or shelter every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier

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The Foscarini Signature Suite (which housed the Doge) is approximately 966 square feet and also offers Grand Canal views.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Off-grid residents blur the line between housed and homeless, as county officials juggle lax enforcement, environmental damage, real estate scams and calls to legalize basic services such as addresses and trash pickup.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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Her school from fourth to seventh grade, Colegio San Agustín Makati, accommodated her tournament schedule.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
The United Kingdom and the United States ran deficits that accommodated both Japan’s and Germany’s surpluses.

— MICHAEL PETTIS, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026

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Despite surgery, however, the bullet lodged inside his abdomen was not found, and his condition suddenly deteriorated.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Castro is accused of firing a gun through the front door of a Minneapolis home, striking Sosa-Celis in the leg with a bullet that lodged in a child’s bedroom wall.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026

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