as in home
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship
tries to return every year to Italy, her homeland for the first two decades of her life
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Recent Examples of homeland
The attacks Pontiac led in 1763—most of them successful-showed the hopes that thousands of people had to force the British out of their beloved homelands.
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Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
In November, 50 humanitarian parole recipients from Ukraine were flown to Poland and then escorted across the border to their wartorn homeland.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 26 May 2026
Zvyagintsev, who remains unflinchingly critical of corruption and abuses of power in his homeland, shot Minotaur in Latvia, but set it in a provincial Russian city in which Gleb (Dmitriy Mazurov) is a local big shot.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 26 May 2026
The movement, which aims to create an independent Sikh homeland, is banned in India.
—ABC News, 25 May 2026
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Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
In November, 50 humanitarian parole recipients from Ukraine were flown to Poland and then escorted across the border to their wartorn homeland.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 26 May 2026
Zvyagintsev, who remains unflinchingly critical of corruption and abuses of power in his homeland, shot Minotaur in Latvia, but set it in a provincial Russian city in which Gleb (Dmitriy Mazurov) is a local big shot.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 26 May 2026
The movement, which aims to create an independent Sikh homeland, is banned in India.
—ABC News, 25 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homeland
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The deliberate blackouts, commonly known as Public Safety Power Shutoff, or PSPS, events, are affecting homes and businesses in eight counties north and west of Sacramento County.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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Christina Baanders-Decker and her husband, who run Midwest Cyclery in Westport, were ecstatic to learn the Dutch national team would call Kansas City home for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
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Trump has effectively imposed a fuel blockade on the island by threatening tariffs on countries supplying it with fuel, igniting seemingly endless power outages and delivering new blows to the island's already ailing economy.—
Phil Stewart,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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The journey to this point began almost a century ago and hundreds of miles away in China, when Mao Zedong reshaped Marxist–Leninist theory to fit the pre-industrial conditions of his country.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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“Homeland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homeland. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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