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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
On August 17, 2025, Allen bought a 12-gauge shotgun from another gun store in his hometown of Torrance.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
Try the giant Belgian waffles or a Philly cheesesteak omelet, which pays homage to the owner's hometown.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Michael Owens / Getty Images Eli's journey to becoming Pittsburgh's newest favorite hometown kid, however, started as a Mount Lebanon Blue Devil on the gridiron, but was forged in the academic, physical, and mental crucible of the United States Naval Academy.
—Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
The Olympics will be in her hometown a year later.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
Try the giant Belgian waffles or a Philly cheesesteak omelet, which pays homage to the owner's hometown.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Michael Owens / Getty Images Eli's journey to becoming Pittsburgh's newest favorite hometown kid, however, started as a Mount Lebanon Blue Devil on the gridiron, but was forged in the academic, physical, and mental crucible of the United States Naval Academy.
—Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
The Olympics will be in her hometown a year later.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hometown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hometown
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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“Hometown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hometown. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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