the home front
noun
: the people who stay in a country and work while that country's soldiers are fighting in a war in a foreign country
During the war we had to keep up morale on the home front.
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On the home front, domestic inflationary pressures have continued to moderate, giving RBNZ more confidence that inflationary pressures are contained, the bank said.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, on the home front, Yennefer is actively fighting to make the Continent safe for Ciri's eventual return.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Nothing wrong with reaching for the stars, as long as everything’s taken care of on the home front.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
It’s been a big week on the home front for McCarthy, so there’s a lot going on.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, on the home front, Yennefer is actively fighting to make the Continent safe for Ciri's eventual return.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Nothing wrong with reaching for the stars, as long as everything’s taken care of on the home front.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
It’s been a big week on the home front for McCarthy, so there’s a lot going on.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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“The home front.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20home%20front. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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