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homey

[hoh-mee] / ˈhoʊ mi /


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He and his wife gave everything they had to build a community around delicious food and homey vibes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 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

The unit, estimated at around 500 square feet, feels homey and is situated in the garden of a classic Spanish home occupied by her landlord.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

There was something comforting and homey in the scent of damp wood and livestock.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

If the world ended tomorrow, what would you do today: Skate with the homeys.

From Time Magazine Archive

All my friends who skate in Brazil, all my homeys, they go to work and only skate on the weekends, so it was fun-they were just psyched for me.

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

At this time only a happy few knew what this guy was capable of-mainly his homeys from Bourg-Saint-Maurice.

From Time Magazine Archive

When I got on the court my homeys started whooping.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

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

Shout out to Spanto and shout out to all of the homies who work for them as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 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

He’s escorted to a cordoned-off section of the room, which is kind of confounding since the 75 or so people in attendance are either his colleagues or homies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2023

We were homies, and everything was everything between us, but I had won.

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

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

The announcement shines a brighter spotlight on Biden’s Wilmington house, where he regularly spends the weekends and where he finds more freedom and a homier atmosphere than at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 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

The Admiral’s study was one of those rooms which seem full to the very ceiling of wonderful memories, and was also one of the homiest rooms at Woodbine.

From A Dixie School Girl by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson




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