as in countries
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 hometowns
The tweet also indicated that the signage for the Real Housewives star was found in Berlin, Connecticut, as previous posters have been featured in the artist’s hometowns.
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Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 3 Oct. 2024
Some of the recent gains are due to folks leaving their higher-tax hometowns for Florida’s lower rates, like former Seattle resident Jeff Bezos and onetime Chicagoan Ken Griffin.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 3 Oct. 2024
Some of the recent gains are due to folks leaving their higher-tax hometowns for Florida’s lower rates, like former Seattle resident Jeff Bezos and onetime Chicagoan Ken Griffin.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Hometowns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hometowns. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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