homegrown
adjective
home·grown
ˈhōm-ˈgrōn 
1
: grown or produced at home or in a particular local area
homegrown vegetables
homegrown films
2
: native to or characteristic of a particular area
the festival will feature homegrown artists
Examples of homegrown in a Sentence
The family sells their homegrown vegetables at the local market.
The music festival will feature some homegrown talent this year.
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Lawmakers may also be estimating the degree to which Americans are fed up with homegrown Big Tech.
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Johanna Costigan, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
That concern was reflected in Thursday’s roughly 4% decline in Apple shares after a research report from analysts at Canalys suggested Apple had fallen to third place in smartphones sold in China last year — behind homegrown electronics makers Huawei and Vivo.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
San Diego Blood Bank is a homegrown community nonprofit founded in 1950 by San Diego community leaders, including Jonas Salk and other prominent local figures of the time, in partnership with San Diego County.
—Douglas Morton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
The homegrown lefty remains under club control through 2027 and maintains optimism about the team’s trajectory.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Johanna Costigan, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
That concern was reflected in Thursday’s roughly 4% decline in Apple shares after a research report from analysts at Canalys suggested Apple had fallen to third place in smartphones sold in China last year — behind homegrown electronics makers Huawei and Vivo.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
San Diego Blood Bank is a homegrown community nonprofit founded in 1950 by San Diego community leaders, including Jonas Salk and other prominent local figures of the time, in partnership with San Diego County.
—Douglas Morton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
The homegrown lefty remains under club control through 2027 and maintains optimism about the team’s trajectory.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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homegrown
adjective
home·grown
ˈhōm-ˈgrōn
1
: grown or made at home or nearby
homegrown vegetables
2
: native to or characteristic of a particular place
homegrown artists
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