home center
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of home center
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70
Example Sentences
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You can use a steel collar, simple small boulders or precast concrete brick you might get at a home center.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
The family befriended Benny Medina, now a well-known talent manager, who was living at St. Elmo Village, a Los Angeles community home center, and invited him to live with them in Beverly Hills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
I converted one at my home center just practicing, but it obviously didn’t have near the excitement of this one.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2021
Dearejon White, of Louisville, Ky., holds up a newspaper as he tries to take a photo of it with Muhammad Ali's childhood home, center rear, in the background, Sunday, June 5, 2016, in Louisville.
From US News ● Jun. 5, 2016
She long retained this local character, but gradually assumed the position of the great goddess of the home center, the hearth,1355 and was connected with the household fires and festivals.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris
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