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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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The history of the mission can be traced to 1825, when the U.S. government forced the Shawnee out of Missouri, moving them farther away from their ancestral homeland in the Ohio Valley.
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Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
Recently, our secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem, visited Haskell.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
The United States has recently constructed more silos for launching interceptors to protect its homeland against potential North Korean attacks with its long-range nuclear missiles.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
As someone who spent my whole career protecting our homeland, every country deserves to know who and what is coming across its border.
—CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
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Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
Recently, our secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem, visited Haskell.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
The United States has recently constructed more silos for launching interceptors to protect its homeland against potential North Korean attacks with its long-range nuclear missiles.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
As someone who spent my whole career protecting our homeland, every country deserves to know who and what is coming across its border.
—CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Homeland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homeland. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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