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Tim offers phone coaching calls if you get stuck during a DIY job. Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025 With a waterproof design, solar powered bulbs, and easy DIY installation, these lights are built to last year-round to help to guide the way to your front door (and more). Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2025 The Nest Asian Bistro: For $29, get a DIY Spring Roll Platter for two people or a Party Wing Platter for two. Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 4 July 2025 The company now anticipates that future growth will not come solely from its 2,000 big-box stores serving DIY customers, but increasingly from large orders placed by professionals for more complex projects, such as roof repairs. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 July 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 11 Jul. 2025.

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