home front
1 Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of home front
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Economic problems on the home front may be a different story.
From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026
Their mission is to make sure that fighting never hits the home front, he said—and that can require long and stressful deployments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
Not for us on the home front, where we watched them in six-minute segments on CNN and the evening news that aired between commercials for credit cards.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
Betty Reid Soskin, who rose to national prominence as the National Park Service’s oldest ranger and shared her experiences of racial segregation working on the World War II home front, has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
What with our nation involved in a great war and our young men leaving our sweet land of liberty, we must be vigilant on the home front.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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