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Recent Examples of homelike
Adding to the comfortable homelike vibe, almost 100% of the ingredients used in the menu, including naturally leavened breads, cheeses, charcuterie, chocolate, ice cream, pasta, and condiments are produced in-house.
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Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
But the intended fix, local homelike centers, hasn't filled the void.
—CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025
Lutheran Home was founded in 1892 by a Lutheran pastor who wanted to create a homelike setting for older adults.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Our space is down to earth, cozy, homelike and comfortable.
—Caroline Tell, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
The banners hang in the pod common area, which Ms. Tong has made more homelike with huge, plastic rocking chairs, live plants, and a miniature fish tank with blue and red betta fish.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2021
Centennial’s residents live in the sort of faux-homelike institutional care that is common for middle-class people who are neither rich nor poor.
—Joyce Sáenz Harris, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
But the intended fix, local homelike centers, hasn't filled the void.
—CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025
Lutheran Home was founded in 1892 by a Lutheran pastor who wanted to create a homelike setting for older adults.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Our space is down to earth, cozy, homelike and comfortable.
—Caroline Tell, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
The banners hang in the pod common area, which Ms. Tong has made more homelike with huge, plastic rocking chairs, live plants, and a miniature fish tank with blue and red betta fish.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2021
Centennial’s residents live in the sort of faux-homelike institutional care that is common for middle-class people who are neither rich nor poor.
—Joyce Sáenz Harris, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homelike
Adjective
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Potterheads across the globe will instantly recognize Harry’s not-so-homely house on Privet Drive, his cramped excuse of a bedroom and the endless disdain oozing from the young wizard’s unloving aunt and uncle, Petunia and Vernon Dursley.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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Unlike many of the birds that Helen and Allan Cruickshank found in the Everglades, the storks had not been decimated by plume hunters decades before because the homely bird’s feathers weren’t prized for ladies' hats.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Doulas support moms through trying times On a recent afternoon, Mary Bey settled into a chair in a homey room at the Memphis doula center, cradling her sleeping infant, Ca’Mya.—
Laura Ungar,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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The new look is polished but homey, done up in a Craftsman style with plenty of sleek, dark wood and rich tones of brown and gold.—
Annemarie Dooling,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Homelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homelike. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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