as in home
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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During a Tuesday hearing on drone threats to homeland security, several members of Congress questioned how the FBI could have so few answers more than a month after drones were first reported, with some seen in the skies over sensitive military sites.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Popular on Variety Syria’s 13-year civil war has led to more than 500,000 deaths and forced millions of Syrians to leave their homeland according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
That quip no longer seems so facetious as a son of exiles who fled their homeland prepares to become America’s top diplomat.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Officials involved in the transition on homeland security matters did not specify if Trump planned to nominate Vitello in the future or just use him as an immediate placeholder.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Dec. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Popular on Variety Syria’s 13-year civil war has led to more than 500,000 deaths and forced millions of Syrians to leave their homeland according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
That quip no longer seems so facetious as a son of exiles who fled their homeland prepares to become America’s top diplomat.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Officials involved in the transition on homeland security matters did not specify if Trump planned to nominate Vitello in the future or just use him as an immediate placeholder.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Homeland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homeland. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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