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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
Rolling later confessed to a triple homicide of a father, daughter and grandson in his hometown and shooting his father before wreaking havoc in Gainesville.
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Corin Cesaric, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
His cast bio notes that Reifel is 29 years old and lists his hometown as Easton, Pennsylvania.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 2 June 2026
At the Latrobe Post Office on Monday morning, just steps from the Mister Rogers statue, neighbors gathered to celebrate the return of one of the community's favorite hometown heroes.
—Christopher Derose, CBS News, 1 June 2026
The interior design leans on hometown artists and hyperlocal imagery to reinforce small-town pride for both employees and the community members who visit.
—Jill Shedek, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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Corin Cesaric, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
His cast bio notes that Reifel is 29 years old and lists his hometown as Easton, Pennsylvania.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 2 June 2026
At the Latrobe Post Office on Monday morning, just steps from the Mister Rogers statue, neighbors gathered to celebrate the return of one of the community's favorite hometown heroes.
—Christopher Derose, CBS News, 1 June 2026
The interior design leans on hometown artists and hyperlocal imagery to reinforce small-town pride for both employees and the community members who visit.
—Jill Shedek, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hometown
Noun
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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
Noun
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While scouting for a personal mountain home during Covid, the family discovered that the old Aspen Hotel was for sale.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 June 2026
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Homeownership feels increasingly out of reach for many Americans, but not for this group of creatures, which slithered into an uninhabited home in Arkansas, much to the chagrin of the realtor trying to sell it.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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“Hometown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hometown. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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