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homey

[hoh-mee] / ˈhoʊ mi /


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At Beğendik Abi, Handan Kaygusuzer’s homey, traditional cooking has added to the Turkish coastal town of Urla’s reputation as a hot spot for gastronomy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Airbnb gained popularity for offering travelers unique and homey stays on other people’s property, but it added boutique hotel bookings to its platform late last year.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

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

From BBC Feb. 5, 2026

Nashville is looking more homey all the time, at least as a place to do business.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 10, 2025

I could keep my homey cage with its lock-that-doesn’t-lock, but I’d also have my own park to play in!

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

Could you tell the class what made you stay with �your homeys?

From Time Magazine Archive

Extras: "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

Your TWS homeys have much more new shit on the block lined up for you in 2006, starting with the issue you�re holding.

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

We did every major event here, prom, homecoming, all the homies would come here and take photos across the different points of the house.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2025

“I doubt anyone is gonna speak for him. Ima verify with the homies too.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 26, 2023

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

I taught him everything he knows, then he up and flaked out on me, talking about college and turning his back on his homies.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

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

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

Knowing that the cake everyone in film and TV craves to receive from Cruise is a Bundt, one of the simpler, homier goodies of the baking world, adds to its mystery.

From Salon May 7, 2024

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

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 Grand, Sarah




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