home-grown
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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"We need home-grown energy, including fuels and aviation fuels," a commission spokesperson said.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
It is a clean energy option that provides enormous home-grown energy that is, and will be, needed to power vibrant economies of the future.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
But its announcement on Thursday comes as a potential blow to the government, which has championed home-grown tech and AI development as a way to bolster economic growth.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Coles is a real champion of home-grown talent on the island of Ireland and in more than 10 years in photography, "the strongest work I have created has been right here at home".
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
Before long, Handel’s English-language oratorios even featured home-grown English singer-soloists, too, fulfilling contemporary actor-playwright and Poet Laureate Colley Cibber’s aspiration to ‘reconcile Musick to the English Tongue’.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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