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hometown

noun

Definition of hometown

as in country

the city or town where you were born or grew up She returned to her hometown to stay after college.

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Recent Examples of hometown Safety Bryan Cook left Kansas City to sign with his hometown Cincinnati Bengals. — Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026 Recently laid off and needing health insurance for his cancer treatment, Grant takes a job delivering mail in his hometown in rural Appalachia. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Evans said the socialist label won’t play in his district among the Latino population, which sits north of Denver, pointing to municipal results in Rutinel’s hometown last year. — James A. Downs, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2026 On top of the strong outing, Morris, who is from Turlock in the Modesto area, also made his first MLB appearance in California only about a two-hour drive from his hometown. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hometown

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Like previous host countries, Turkey is likely to use the summit to put its own security concerns and defense industry on the agenda.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 July 2026
And, in a country struck by tragedy, this loss felt close to home.

— Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

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Now that Love's eight children are all grown up and out of the house, the family has opted to sell the home and look for something smaller near Lake Tahoe, according to the listing agency.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
The experience feels less like touring a luxury property and more like being welcomed into someone’s home—the atmosphere the team set out to create.

— Tia Lovisa Moreira, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026

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