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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 hometowns
The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.
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Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
In Episode 6 of the season, after hometowns' week, fitness professional Debbie, 65, was sent home with Peg, 62, a retired firefighter and bomb tech from Las Vegas, Nevada, and Cindy, 60, a retired biomedical engineer from Austin, Texas, now vying for the final rose.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
However, Carol was eliminated ahead of hometowns and Peg made it to the final three instead.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
And only three women will be getting hometowns?
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Those of us who have spent our lives in the field know the manufacturing sector can provide professional career opportunities in hometowns, big cities, and everywhere across the globe.
—Mark Rayfield, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The foundation also funds efforts to recruit and provide scholarships to Arab students who provide technical assistance and policy expertise in their hometowns, where Israeli law often limits housing options for the Arab minority.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
Walk me through your respective journeys, starting in your hometowns in Ohio and Florida and then taking us to this worldwide moment.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
Many of those imprisoned had tattoos that were references to sports teams or their hometowns.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 3 July 2025
Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
In Episode 6 of the season, after hometowns' week, fitness professional Debbie, 65, was sent home with Peg, 62, a retired firefighter and bomb tech from Las Vegas, Nevada, and Cindy, 60, a retired biomedical engineer from Austin, Texas, now vying for the final rose.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
However, Carol was eliminated ahead of hometowns and Peg made it to the final three instead.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
And only three women will be getting hometowns?
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Those of us who have spent our lives in the field know the manufacturing sector can provide professional career opportunities in hometowns, big cities, and everywhere across the globe.
—Mark Rayfield, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The foundation also funds efforts to recruit and provide scholarships to Arab students who provide technical assistance and policy expertise in their hometowns, where Israeli law often limits housing options for the Arab minority.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
Walk me through your respective journeys, starting in your hometowns in Ohio and Florida and then taking us to this worldwide moment.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
Many of those imprisoned had tattoos that were references to sports teams or their hometowns.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 3 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hometowns
countries
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Shouting angrily, protesters demanded access to the UN compound where thousands of delegates from countries around the world are attending this year’s UN climate summit in the Amazon city of Belém, Brazil.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
12 Nov. 2025
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By mid-2025, the two countries had opened discussions on defense and free trade, and Bangladesh joined China and Pakistan for a trilateral summit in June after restoring diplomatic ties with the latter.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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“Hometowns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hometowns. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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