as in home
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship
tries to return every year to Italy, her homeland for the first two decades of her life
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Recent Examples of homeland
Two senior homeland security officials told CBS News that Plankey remains the nominee for CISA director, despite his abrupt removal as senior DHS adviser.
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Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Governor Healey and her public safety and homeland security team need to take important steps now to prevent a terrorist attack and communicate to the public what these preventative steps are.
—Rick Pozniak, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Rose is a young Métis girl living on the Saskatchewan prairie where her family has made their home for generations, but in 1885, Rose learns that the Métis may be forced from their homeland by the Canadian government.
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
The movement, which aims to create an independent Sikh homeland, is banned in India.
—ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Governor Healey and her public safety and homeland security team need to take important steps now to prevent a terrorist attack and communicate to the public what these preventative steps are.
—Rick Pozniak, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Rose is a young Métis girl living on the Saskatchewan prairie where her family has made their home for generations, but in 1885, Rose learns that the Métis may be forced from their homeland by the Canadian government.
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
The movement, which aims to create an independent Sikh homeland, is banned in India.
—ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homeland
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Israel has struck sites in Beirut's suburbs and issued a blanket warning for residents south of the Litani River -- an area in southern Lebanon stretching to the border with Israel -- to evacuate their homes, but had not previously issued a blanket evacuation order for Beirut's southern suburbs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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The film was a commercial hit and solidified Universal Pictures’ reputation as the home of horror.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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But some Iranian Americans fear that their native country could descend into chaos, as Iraq did after the 2003 American invasion.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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This issue will keep getting worse — and lost dollars will continue to grow — if our country’s leaders fail to implement smart policies to prevent scams.—
Letters to the Editor,
Washington Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Homeland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homeland. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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