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Recent Examples of homebuilt
The crash is the second to involve a small, homebuilt plane in recent weeks in the Bay Area.
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Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homebuilt
Adjective
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The company is well known for its Beaver Nuggets, homemade brisket and iconic beaver mascot.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Feb. 2026
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Skip the boxed mix and impress your game day crowd with homemade brownies.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
4 Feb. 2026
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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“Homebuilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homebuilt. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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