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homebuilding

American

[hohm-bil-ding] / ˈhoʊmˌbɪl dɪŋ /

noun

the designing or constructing of houses.

adjective

of, relating to, or associated with homebuilding.

the homebuilding industry.

Etymology

Origin of homebuilding

First recorded in 1815–25; home + building

Example Sentences

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Housing starts rose in March as homebuilding activity picked up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Flags of every homebuilding giant flew on vanquished ground: DR Horton, Lennar.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Localities would have new incentives to spearhead more homebuilding themselves.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

“In the more immediate future, the homebuilding sector faces headwinds from prior over-construction, still-high mortgage rates, and much slower growth in the population,” said Samuel Tombs, chief U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

They were years of peace and growth, of marriages and homebuilding, of many births and a few deaths, of winter rest and summer labor, and of quiet domestic happiness.

From Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals by Hulbert, William Davenport

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