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the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship
tries to return every year to Italy, her homeland for the first two decades of her life
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Recent Examples of homelands
Since the Indians already had abandoned their homelands for the new, nonexistent reservations, they were left landless.
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
The National Museum of the American Indian recalls how Indigenous peoples suffered theft, loss of their homelands, enslavement, death, forced displacement and disrupted cultural traditions due to European settlement.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Oct. 2025
The Ponca Tribe is developing a Standing Bear Museum and cultural center in Niobrara, at the site of its traditional homelands and the film’s shooting location.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
On Sunday, the bride and groom began their emotional wedding ceremony by acknowledging that they and their guests were gathered on the ancestral homelands of the Chumash people.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
The film blends documentary and fiction to tell the dramatic and heartrending story of Mongolian herders Davaasuren Dagvasuren and Otgonzaya Dashzeveg’s difficult decision to leave their homelands after the arrival of a powerful and destructive sandstorm.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
The summit offers a moment to secure shared long-term commitments meaning that island nations like mine are not left to confront the literal disappearance of our homelands in isolation.
—Feleti Penitala Teo, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Temporary Protected Status is a designation that can be granted by the Homeland Security secretary to people in the United States if conditions in their homelands are deemed unsafe for return due to a natural disaster, political instability or other dangerous conditions.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Many of the examples are stark, like the Potawatomi Nation which had negotiated with the federal government in hopes of staying in their homelands in the upper Midwest.
—Chris Quintana, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
The National Museum of the American Indian recalls how Indigenous peoples suffered theft, loss of their homelands, enslavement, death, forced displacement and disrupted cultural traditions due to European settlement.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Oct. 2025
The Ponca Tribe is developing a Standing Bear Museum and cultural center in Niobrara, at the site of its traditional homelands and the film’s shooting location.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
On Sunday, the bride and groom began their emotional wedding ceremony by acknowledging that they and their guests were gathered on the ancestral homelands of the Chumash people.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
The film blends documentary and fiction to tell the dramatic and heartrending story of Mongolian herders Davaasuren Dagvasuren and Otgonzaya Dashzeveg’s difficult decision to leave their homelands after the arrival of a powerful and destructive sandstorm.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
The summit offers a moment to secure shared long-term commitments meaning that island nations like mine are not left to confront the literal disappearance of our homelands in isolation.
—Feleti Penitala Teo, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Temporary Protected Status is a designation that can be granted by the Homeland Security secretary to people in the United States if conditions in their homelands are deemed unsafe for return due to a natural disaster, political instability or other dangerous conditions.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Many of the examples are stark, like the Potawatomi Nation which had negotiated with the federal government in hopes of staying in their homelands in the upper Midwest.
—Chris Quintana, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homelands
Noun
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Some roads and low-lying property including parking lots, parks, lawns, and homes adjacent to the waterfront will experience shallow flooding.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Oct. 2025
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As the homebuying market remains out of reach for many Americans, using AI to find the best options for homes could help more people reach their dream of homeownership, despite oftentimes surging prices and high interest rates.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Both countries claimed higher death tolls than their neighbor acknowledged.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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Kassim-Lakha, who is driving the group’s venture capital efforts, said the company, which employs more than 16,000 people across eight countries in the Middle East, is looking beyond its traditional retail and distribution model to direct brand ownership and development.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Homelands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homelands. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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