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the city or town where you were born or grew up
She returned to her hometown to stay after college.
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Recent Examples of hometown
Lil Wayne won’t be playing the Super Bowl halftime show at this year’s game in his hometown, but Weezy will be one of the headliners (with the Roots) of the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
Duchess Meghan is continuing to lend a helping hand amid the wildfires devastating her hometown of Los Angeles.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
But starting with a game in his hometown of Montreal on Jan. 11, 2024, Vlasic played 38 of 41 games in the second half of the season.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
For the company’s international talent, this is especially significant, as their friends and families and hometown fans will now have much greater access to their work.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
Duchess Meghan is continuing to lend a helping hand amid the wildfires devastating her hometown of Los Angeles.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
But starting with a game in his hometown of Montreal on Jan. 11, 2024, Vlasic played 38 of 41 games in the second half of the season.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
For the company’s international talent, this is especially significant, as their friends and families and hometown fans will now have much greater access to their work.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for hometown
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“Hometown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hometown. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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