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homey

[hoh-mee] / ˈhoʊ mi /


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Shortly after the group officially formed in June 2024, Dangerfield’s then-girlfriend — now wife and band “momager” Lexi Dangerfield — opened Instagram and TikTok accounts filming and posting their homey videos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The baggage-claim area even looks homey, with lots of seating and a Caribou Coffee outlet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

"Calgary, where I'm from, feels a little less like homey than LA," McRae said.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

Inside the homey dining room and open kitchen, Cho blends the South Korean flavors of his birthplace with the European techniques he mastered as a chef in New York City.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

From the kitchen behind us came the homey noises of the crockery being put away.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

I try to come to Colorado as much as I can just to visit fam and roll with the homeys 'n' junk.

From Time Magazine Archive

You go to parties and have acquaintances, but when it comes down to kicking it with the homeys, I only have a couple really close friends.

From Time Magazine Archive

And I talk to the other homeys, too-when I see them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Riders usually schralp with the same group and coach all year, meaning the clocking of lots of good homeys and good times by closing day.

From Time Magazine Archive

My moms don’t want to hear that, but if it weren’t for Wesley and my other homeys, I wouldn’t even be here, aiight?

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

“One of my homies said, ‘Hey fool, what are you doing here?’” he recalled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025

A lot of homies and family growing up, they kind of loosely use that term for stuff that’s really not that crazy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

“There are so many levels to us at this point: We are friends, we are lovers, we are homies, and most importantly, we are fathers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024

UAW counsel Benjamin Dictor on Sunday morning posted on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter: "All my homies hate companies that won't agree to fair contracts for their workers."

From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2023

It was my show and my turf and pictures of my homies.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

Battery-operated wall sconces, she says, are another inexpensive addition that can make an apartment feel homier.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

These colors work especially well in large, cavernous rooms and spaces in which the goal is to make a space feel less cavernous and homier and more comfortable.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024

It was so much homier, so much more filling, so much more home-style than the other, oftentimes heinous lunch offerings.

From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2024

The softer light makes even the sparest of holiday décor feel homier.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

This Motel 6 is in the latter category, which makes it homier, you might say, or maybe only more haunted.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

And homiest of all is the shop’s impressive, one might even say fanatical, collection of those aforementioned typewriters.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

The homiest of the lot are “Northwest,” an ode to the PNW, and a loving number about Clark’s grandmother titled “She Smoked in the House.”

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023

Dasani’s housefather tries to soften the landing by making his homiest dish — lasagna.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2021

In a trolley car that is rumored to have driven the capital’s streets between 1894 and 1912, Luxury Diner serves the city’s heartiest and homiest breakfast and lunch.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2019

"This is the homiest time I've had in England."

From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Sarah Grand


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