as in home
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship
tries to return every year to Italy, her homeland for the first two decades of her life
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Recent Examples of homeland
Among other things, Timerman was accused of masterminding a plot to establish a Jewish homeland in the remote Patagonia region of southern Argentina.
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Juan Melamed, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
The secret ingredient in their chili is Greek spices and is an ode to the immigrants’ homeland.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 27 Mar. 2026
Gallego was referring to Stephen Miller, the White House homeland-security adviser.
—Nick Miroff, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Now aged 63, Flea made a whistlestop trip to his homeland last month, where he was spotted courtside at a Sydney Kings NBL game and stopped by the city’s Church Street Studios for an intimate album listening party.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026
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Juan Melamed, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
The secret ingredient in their chili is Greek spices and is an ode to the immigrants’ homeland.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 27 Mar. 2026
Gallego was referring to Stephen Miller, the White House homeland-security adviser.
—Nick Miroff, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Now aged 63, Flea made a whistlestop trip to his homeland last month, where he was spotted courtside at a Sydney Kings NBL game and stopped by the city’s Church Street Studios for an intimate album listening party.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homeland
Noun
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Since then, more than 1,000 of these home kitchens have opened across California, operating under a growing but still patchwork system.—
Itay Hod,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Aquarius January 20 – February 18 Aquarius, your reinvention asks for home adjustments.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That decade started with the 1973 oil embargo by Arab countries who were members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, and ended with the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which many attribute to helping end Jimmy Carter's presidency.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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And both reckon with the extent to which historical ignorance and the calculated distortion of the past threaten the foundation on which our country was built.—
Francine Prose,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Homeland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homeland. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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