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Tim offers phone coaching calls if you get stuck during a DIY job. Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025 Home Improved is news and information center for home renovation and DIY enthusiasts. USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025 Cool metal paddle shifters are the other DIY option, including a PDK sport mode with enough shift feedback to feel through a pair of driving or racing gloves. Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2025 Step 3: Let your DIY solution sit for about 10 minutes, then rinse with fresh warm water until the inside of the kettle looks as good as new. Emily Farris, Bon Appétit, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for DIY

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First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of DIY was in 1955

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“DIY.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DIY. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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