home-improvement

adjective

: being or related to a project to make one's house better, bigger, more modern, etc.
long past time for some home-improvements

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MovingPlace used data from Porch Group, which provides home-selling and home-improvement services. Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Fortunately, most home-improvement stores are open that day—and usually have some pretty good sales going on. Chris Morris, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025 In the other case, the agency is returning $2.9 million to consumers harmed by a home-improvement financing company that made false claims about the potential financial impact of its services. Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025 The home-improvement chain said people have moved on to smaller projects, while delaying major renovations — largely out of worry about where the economy is headed. Alina Selyukh, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for home-improvement

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“Home-improvement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home-improvement. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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