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homeland

[hohm-land, -luhnd] / ˈhoʊmˌlænd, -lənd /
NOUN
fatherland
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Priebus was fairly swiftly given the heave-ho in favor of retired Gen. John Kelly, who was serving as secretary of homeland security.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

After a brief period in her homeland, he was raised in north London and honed his craft on pirate radio.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Rhys didn’t react like his characters might have — instead, he thanked his homeland: “To the great and good people of Wales… we are a small but mighty nation!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Capgemini said it had entered into an agreement with ITC Federal, a US IT solutions and enterprise services provider to federal law enforcement, homeland security and defence agencies, for the sale of Capgemini Government Solutions.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

Masterji Thakur continued: “Every Marveller skilled in spice work will have base ingredients. You must be adept in the flavors of the world. My homeland is a big part of that puzzle.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Several hundred miles away, the traditional order in Scotland was turned over in 2007, when the SNP stunned the political establishment by beating Labour in another of its spiritual homelands.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

Deported not to their homelands but to unfamiliar cities deep inside Mexico, thousands of migrants are stranded in a dangerous, bureaucratic limbo with little support and no clear path forward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

While this system works like crazy for rappers in France or Brazil, who are now all over the charts in their homelands, it potentially hampers artists in the U.K.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

Many say they plan to go to Russia rather than return to their homelands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

He’d grown up in the homelands, where you had to fight to survive.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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