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 Department of Justice argues that the homeland security secretary has the power to end the program, and that the law bars judges from questioning those decisions.
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Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
That means many people from both countries will have to leave the United States and possibly return to homelands where their lives are in danger.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Guides take the author on a series of nocturnal adventures, from spring through summer into fall, all within range of her southern Appalachian homeland.
—The Know, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Lucas McMahon, for example, has recently started a Finnish National Team and represented his mother’s homeland at the International Surfing Association World Games.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
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Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
That means many people from both countries will have to leave the United States and possibly return to homelands where their lives are in danger.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Guides take the author on a series of nocturnal adventures, from spring through summer into fall, all within range of her southern Appalachian homeland.
—The Know, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Lucas McMahon, for example, has recently started a Finnish National Team and represented his mother’s homeland at the International Surfing Association World Games.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homeland
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Maybe the bright lights of a win-or-go-home playoff game proved too big of a moment for a young, inexperienced Hawks team.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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The home team has won every game in this series, which is a good sign for Toronto in Game 6.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Though Baudelaire was influenced by Poe’s macabre imagination, decadence never developed its own school in nineteenth-century America, then still a young country.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Want to learn more about faraway countries on free embassy tours?—
Fritz Hahn,
Washington Post,
1 May 2026
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“Homeland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homeland. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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