Home Counties
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Growing maintenance costs, tax changes and workers returning to the office have forced sellers to cut prices on large, luxurious estates from the Cotswolds to the northern Home Counties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
A location has to reach a threshold temperature - 25C for northern and western areas and 28C in London and Home Counties - for three days in a row.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
We have identified touts operating in London, Birmingham, Manchester and the Home Counties.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
A third tout - Jamal, who operates in the Home Counties - did not try to buy our login details but offered to sell us tests.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
But in the twenties and the early thirties, it exerted a considerable influence over much of London and the Home Counties.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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