How to Use home computer in a Sentence

home computer

noun
  • There’s a fair chance that your phone cost more than your home computer.
    — PCMAG, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Delete them all from your home computer, and give the thumb drive to him.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2019
  • They're not meant to be run by any random nerd on a home computer.
    — Paul Ford, Wired, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Either the test or the course can be taken from a home computer.
    — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • In some states students are less likely to have access to a home computer.
    — Moriah Balingit, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The man said that two days earlier, he was somehow locked out of his home computer.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 29 July 2022
  • Even the home computer that would have saved any footage of the fire from his rooftop weather camera went up in smoke.
    — Cheri Mossburg, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Find your home computer in this section, click it, and choose Share Screen.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The crowd is awakened by the scene, which gave people more to think about than just buying a home computer.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 Feb. 2023
  • And why assume that poor households have access to home computers?
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 2 May 2020
  • But those bans didn’t work, in part because students could simply use the tools on their phones and home computers.
    — Kevin Roose, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • And kids can access social media or videos from home computers and tablets during their free time.
    — Markham Heid, Time, 12 Oct. 2017
  • From her home computer, the zoo's curator for mammals sees Bibi on the ground.
    — Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Gone are the days of anonymously mining bitcoin on your home computer.
    — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 12 June 2019
  • In 1997, Joe started to spend a lot of time on the home computer.
    — Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 10 July 2022
  • Liam’s main hobbies are building his home computer lab and collecting records.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside, 22 Dec. 2025
  • But none of this would be possible without a piece of hardware many of us take for granted in our own home computers.
    — Brian Fung, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2017
  • Imagine buying a new car, at your home computer, in 19 minutes.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2021
  • In his early twenties, Jobs was hooked on the idea that everyone should be able to own a home computer.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 May 2026
  • Blocking certain sites on your home computer and on their cellphone is a good step, adds Jordan.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 19 Mar. 2025
  • One contractor mailed home computer hard drives filled with secrets from Afghanistan to Texas.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
  • This breakthrough sparked the rise of home computers, new software and internet service providers.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • He is not allowed to possess a firearm, drink excessively, use narcotics, or use a home computer.
    — Nick Powell, Houston Chronicle, 29 June 2018
  • What if instead of sitting idle, your home computer could help cure some of the world’s most devastating diseases?
    — Carolyn Graybeal, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2014
  • Everyone owning a home computer, or laptop, and using it in the house or apartment.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2021
  • And fans anywhere could wager on a Del Mar race through their home computer or mobile device.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2021
  • This includes your full legal name, date of birth, a valid home address and the geolocation of your cell phone or home computer.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The Replicator, on the other hand, was not much larger than a milk crate and was easy for anyone with a home computer to use.
    — John Brandon, Popular Mechanics, 17 Nov. 2020
  • People fretted again with the advent of the radio, the TV, and home computers.
    — Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Art-provocateurs were building apps that mined cryptocurrency in the background of your home computer to help funds pay bail.
    — Nick Pinto, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2020

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