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Tim offers phone coaching calls if you get stuck during a DIY job. Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025 Through its channels and streaming platforms, the WNET Group brings arts, culture, education, news, documentary, entertainment and DIY programming to over five million viewers each month. Jane Levere, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025 Over the course of a week, Britton and three expert coaches—DIY and home design specialist Angela Rose, positive parenting coach Destini Davis, and style expert Taryn Hicks—help transform someone's life. Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 2 May 2025 Some of the most common repairs— leaky faucets, drafty windows, clogged drains—can be solved with simple DIY fixes that don’t require special (or potentially expensive) tools. Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for DIY

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First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of DIY was in 1955

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“DIY.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DIY. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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