as in manual
made in the home and not in a factory, store, etc.
He makes a fantastic homemade bread.
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Recent Examples of homemade
The approach to managing traffic was short-lived as the Minneapolis Public Works and police cleared debris and homemade roadblocks.
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Ubah Ali, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
But homemade meds can come with unexpected side effects — in this case, ghoulish visitations from the hangry Bertha, looking like a cross between Eric Cartman and Nosferatu.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
This elevated version features chewy homemade egg noodles and starts with a whole chicken for the richest flavor.
—Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2026
Star anise is often used alongside other spices, so consider adding peppercorns, cinnamon sticks, cloves, ginger, cardamom or other hard spices to the homemade sachet.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for homemade
Ubah Ali, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
But homemade meds can come with unexpected side effects — in this case, ghoulish visitations from the hangry Bertha, looking like a cross between Eric Cartman and Nosferatu.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
This elevated version features chewy homemade egg noodles and starts with a whole chicken for the richest flavor.
—Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2026
Star anise is often used alongside other spices, so consider adding peppercorns, cinnamon sticks, cloves, ginger, cardamom or other hard spices to the homemade sachet.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for homemade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homemade
Adjective
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The clerk’s office, long buried in paper, historically relied on a wholly manual process where officers that wrote drivers up on patrol would take a batch of handwritten tickets back to the station and mail it to the clerk’s office.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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This hits nurses, teachers, drivers, and manual laborers hardest — people who work on their feet and whose bodies are their livelihoods.—
Phara Souffrant Forrest,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Coretta was struck by how Howard, who at one point waved a stalk of Iowa corn to rally the crowd, used homespun pragmatism to challenge the basic assumptions of national security.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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The band was the first to sanction fan taping at their concerts, spawning an abundance of homespun recordings that have been collected, traded and debated for decades.—
Erin Osmon,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Homemade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homemade. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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