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
Adding chocolate to milk that isn’t hot enough is one of the most common reasons homemade hot chocolate tastes flat or grainy.
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Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
For these reasons, a number of parents are turning toward homemade playdough recipes.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 20 Jan. 2026
In Schjerfbeck’s homemade modernism, subject, color, and space all tend toward the minimal.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
This nearly three-hour experience also offers the chance to warm up with homemade hot chocolate and local gingerbread after exploring the trails.
—Mia Taylor, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
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Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
For these reasons, a number of parents are turning toward homemade playdough recipes.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 20 Jan. 2026
In Schjerfbeck’s homemade modernism, subject, color, and space all tend toward the minimal.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
This nearly three-hour experience also offers the chance to warm up with homemade hot chocolate and local gingerbread after exploring the trails.
—Mia Taylor, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for homemade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homemade
Adjective
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Large CROs like WuXi AppTec, which has over 38,000 employees and synthesizes over 500,000 compounds annually, have the headcount and infrastructure to run highly manual, multi-step synthesis programs.—
Shimite Obialo,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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This has helped avoid manual adjustments and trial-and-error tuning, thereby enhancing precision and response speed.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Jan. 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 28 Jan. 2026.
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