Thesaurus results for HOMELAND

homeland

noun

ˈhōm-ˌland

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 The landscape is an ancestral homeland sustained for over a millennium by the Pueblo and Hopi people, but is threatened by changes to federal land policy that could open up significant portions to oil and gas development. —

ABC News, 20 May 2026 Sites from Alabama to California and the Four Corners trace stories of Black freedom, Japanese American incarceration, Indigenous homelands, immigrant journeys and early quests for religious and women’s rights. —

Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 Many of today’s anti‑Israel activists argue that Israel does not have the right to exist as a Jewish homeland. —

Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026 Castro, 94, and his brother, Fidel Castro, were accused of ordering the Cuban air force to shoot down two civilian planes that belonged to the Brothers nonprofit group, which carried out rescue missions to save Cubans fleeing their homeland. —

Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for homeland

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Noun

The seats being full for the national anthem at each of their home playoff games is a sight not often seen at Southern California sporting events.

— Eric Stephens, New York Times, 15 May 2026
She likely won’t be sentenced until fall (possibly close to the general election) but will — again, just a likely here — at best face home confinement and at worst more than three years in prison.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026