homes (in on)

verb

present tense third-person singular of home (in on)
as in zeroes (in on)

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  1. levels
  2. aims
  3. focuses
  4. nails
  5. centers
  6. directs
Verb
  • Tornado levels homes in Enid, Oklahoma Residents of Enid, Oklahoma, are surveying the damage on Friday after a massive tornado ripped through the city on Thursday night.
    — Jack Moore, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The main difference is that Ruisdael cranes upward, to behold a castle on a hill, whereas Vermeer levels his gaze across open water.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of levels
Verb
  • This is one of the inconveniences TobenONE aims to address with its modular design.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The pledge aims to address mounting concerns, while also evaluating it as a potential new tool to drive climate action.
    — Dan Peck, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of aims
Verb
  • The official said the agreement with Saudi Arabia focuses on training its military forces and building its capabilities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • This data focuses more on fatal crashes, which rightfully deserve more attention.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of focuses
Verb
  • Soldier, that nails the current plight of the modern American military outfit.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • This shot nails the mural’s vibrant colors and crisp wood-grain details, but upon close inspection, there's some noise and softening on the edges.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of nails
Verb
  • The story centers on a band of young killers trained by Master, who holds absolute sway over a tropical rainforest.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Currently shooting in Massachusetts, the film centers on a woman determined to discover love in a near-future world where heartbreak has become lethal, whose search for intimacy becomes increasingly entangled with obsession and control.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of centers
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  • The artist’s best work, in a new retrospective at the Whitney Museum, directs his campy humor at gender stereotypes.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • But DeFlock, a crowdsourcing website that directs people to plot the cameras on a map after finding them, estimates the number in a 29-county area around Atlanta is more than 6,000 – both Flock and non-Flock ALPRs.
    — Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of directs
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“Homes (in on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homes%20%28in%20on%29. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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