homegrown
adjective
home·grown
ˈhōm-ˈgrōn 
1
: grown or produced at home or in a particular local area
homegrown vegetables
homegrown films
2
: native to or characteristic of a particular area
the festival will feature homegrown artists
Examples of homegrown in a Sentence
The family sells their homegrown vegetables at the local market.
The music festival will feature some homegrown talent this year.
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Before Tuesday night’s game in Minnesota, manager Alex Cora told reporters the homegrown right-hander is experiencing mild soreness in his pitching elbow.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
OpenAI has increasingly turned to other cloud providers, like CoreWeave, Google and Oracle, for capacity, and last year Microsoft started publicly testing a homegrown artificial intelligence model that could lead to enhancements to its Copilot assistant for consumers.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
Championship Pro Boxing is returning to Baltimore, packed with homegrown talent.
—Crystal McQuay, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Some of the players jettisoned included star shortstop Carlos Correa, closer Jhoan Duran, setup man Griffin Jax, and maybe most painful of all to Minnesotans, homegrown reliever Louie Varland.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2026
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
OpenAI has increasingly turned to other cloud providers, like CoreWeave, Google and Oracle, for capacity, and last year Microsoft started publicly testing a homegrown artificial intelligence model that could lead to enhancements to its Copilot assistant for consumers.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
Championship Pro Boxing is returning to Baltimore, packed with homegrown talent.
—Crystal McQuay, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Some of the players jettisoned included star shortstop Carlos Correa, closer Jhoan Duran, setup man Griffin Jax, and maybe most painful of all to Minnesotans, homegrown reliever Louie Varland.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2026
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homegrown
adjective
home·grown
ˈhōm-ˈgrōn
1
: grown or made at home or nearby
homegrown vegetables
2
: native to or characteristic of a particular place
homegrown artists
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