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
There has been an undoubted shift in the role of home-grown players.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
In the Pollen-Isherwood computer, Britain had a world-leading home-grown technology in a crucial sector.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 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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