a place to call home

noun phrase

: a place to live
He has no place to call home.

Examples of a place to call home in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This was the first time any of them had a place to call home. Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024 If there's no medicine cabinet, everyday essentials, such as makeup and cotton swabs, also need a place to call home. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2024 The cost of housing has put owning or renting a place to call home out of reach for most Californians. The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024 Out of the gently rolling, wooded terrain of south Kansas City has emerged a residential development that’s so much more than simply a place to call home. Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024 That’s leaving many passengers without a place to call home and some stuck in Istanbul, Turkey, where the cruise was set to depart from. Bychris Morris, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023 The shelter added that the mom and her newborns have found a rescue, but the other dogs still need a place to call home. Stepheny Price, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2023 It’s set up to house people who already have government funding in hand and need a place to call home. Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023 They can be traced back to over 130 million years ago and numerous species developed worldwide, with some finding a place to call home in the Great Lakes. Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2023

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“A place to call home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20place%20to%20call%20home. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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