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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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Please include your real name — at least first and last — and hometown.
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
The following September, Kelly was once again found guilty, this time at a federal trial in his hometown of Chicago, where he was convicted on three child pornography charges.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Traveling to New York, Paris, Osaka, Seoul and his hometown of Gwangju in South Korea, j-hope explored his passion for dance in the six-part Prime Video project.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2025
This also inspired Ovechkin, who plans to one day fill out a commemorative display in Washington, D.C. and build a museum in his hometown of Moscow.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 2025
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
The following September, Kelly was once again found guilty, this time at a federal trial in his hometown of Chicago, where he was convicted on three child pornography charges.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Traveling to New York, Paris, Osaka, Seoul and his hometown of Gwangju in South Korea, j-hope explored his passion for dance in the six-part Prime Video project.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2025
This also inspired Ovechkin, who plans to one day fill out a commemorative display in Washington, D.C. and build a museum in his hometown of Moscow.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 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 2 Apr. 2025.
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