homegrown

Example Sentences

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Lample painted a picture of cancer cures and scientific breakthroughs that commercial or geopolitical competitors might withhold from Europe if it has no homegrown superintelligence capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

In a bid to support homegrown clothing manufacturers, Kenya already applies a 30% customs duty to imports of used clothing - 5% more than it costs to ship in new clothes.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

“Hope” brings to mind several genre classics, from “Jaws” and John Carpenter movies like “The Thing,” to something more homegrown such as Bong Joon Ho’s “The Host.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Ukraine's homegrown air defence network -- electronic jamming systems, anti-aircraft guns, helicopters and jets, and smaller interceptor drones -- took down all but 22 of the Russian drones.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Without Roosevelt, Elizebeth was afraid that America would be vulnerable to “evil influences like...the Klan” and homegrown fascism.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield