1
: intended or suitable for one's home
an at-home dress
2
: being or occurring at one's home
at-home entertainment
3
: not employed outside the home : stay-at-home
an at-home mom
: a reception given at one's home
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Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
The company’s at-home kits allow customers to exchange a saliva sample for insights into their genome relating to things such as their possible ancestry, health, and food preferences.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
Eric Olson, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Instead of waiting at home to fully recover, Master said, students should return to school with extra support from teachers and breaks in their schedule to relieve symptoms such as headaches or fatigue, with a goal of gradually doing more.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
In November 2023, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first at-home tests for gonorrhea and chlamydia, which public health experts hope might also help combat the spread of STIs.
—Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
The company’s at-home kits allow customers to exchange a saliva sample for insights into their genome relating to things such as their possible ancestry, health, and food preferences.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
Noun
Pitt, beaten soundly by SMU a week earlier, lost at home to Virginia.
—Eric Olson, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Instead of waiting at home to fully recover, Master said, students should return to school with extra support from teachers and breaks in their schedule to relieve symptoms such as headaches or fatigue, with a goal of gradually doing more.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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“At-home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at-home. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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