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homegrown

American  
[hohm-grohn] / ˈhoʊmˈgroʊn /

adjective

  1. grown grown or produced at home or in a particular region for local consumption.

    homegrown tomatoes.

  2. native to, characteristic of, or developed in a particular region.

    the music of our own homegrown musicians; a community known for its homegrown hospitality; America’s homegrown terrorists.

Etymology

Origin of homegrown

First recorded in 1635–45; home + grown

Example Sentences

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Rivals such as Signal, Telegram and homegrown platforms like Koo exist, but none match in popularity.

From BBC

The strategy starts with Amazon’s homegrown AI chips, called Trainium and Inferentia, which are specialized, respectively, for training models and querying them for results.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hong Kong later made it a crime under its homegrown national security law, passed in 2024, for anyone to deal with the funds or other financial assets of fugitives.

From Barron's

In his ten years of work, he has become a leading figure in Senegal's alternative music scene, demonstrating that not all of the country's hits have to be in its homegrown Mbalax style.

From Barron's

Hockey is played everywhere in the U.S. now, and the homegrown talent is better than ever.

From The Wall Street Journal

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