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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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Shelter costs posted the largest increase in 27 months.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Shelter inflation, in particular, is expected to trend substantially lower this year due to softening rent growth.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Shelter costs—a large component of the Labor Department’s consumer-price measure—were up 3% from a year earlier, matching January’s gains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The housing and homelessness charity Shelter said their shop on Union Street had been "completely destroyed".

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

“Sounds like it,” I heard myself say, but my brain was thinking, Shelter?

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds




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