as in country
the city or town where you were born or grew up
She returned to her hometown to stay after college.
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Recent Examples of hometown
Three years after crossing paths, Kunal and Neha married on Dec. 22, 2011, during a traditional Indian wedding in Neha's hometown of New Delhi, India.
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Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 16 May 2025
The first lady is widely beloved in her hometown of 4,500 inhabitants, 60 miles east of the nation’s capital, Ljubljana.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
Lorenzo De Silvestri, the captain, had won the Coppa Italia before as a 20-year-old at Lazio, his hometown club.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 15 May 2025
That kind of anti-cancel-culture branding has worked well for Joe Rogan at his successful Comedy Mothership in Austin, and Kramer hopes the same will be true here in his hometown.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
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Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 16 May 2025
The first lady is widely beloved in her hometown of 4,500 inhabitants, 60 miles east of the nation’s capital, Ljubljana.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
Lorenzo De Silvestri, the captain, had won the Coppa Italia before as a 20-year-old at Lazio, his hometown club.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 15 May 2025
That kind of anti-cancel-culture branding has worked well for Joe Rogan at his successful Comedy Mothership in Austin, and Kramer hopes the same will be true here in his hometown.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hometown
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Bitcoin touched a record high above $111,000, and oil prices slid after Bloomberg said oil producing member countries, or OPEC+, are discussing a potential third consecutive oil production surge in July, with an output hike of 411,000 barrels a day among the options under consideration.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Naturally, a country’s averages shouldn’t necessarily apply to everyone in that country.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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In the woods near their home, Viggo runs while Oscar chases him.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
16 May 2025
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The curved, ribbed walls of their home were made using a 5-ton, three-dimensional printer that printed generated the entire wall system of their home in 12 days.—
Sarah Sekula,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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“Hometown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hometown. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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