in-house

[in-hous, in-hous]

adjective

1. within, conducted within, or utilizing an organization's own staff or resources rather than external or nonstaff facilities.

   in-house research; Was the ad created in-house or by an outside advertising agency?

in-house

adjective

1. within an organization or group

   an in-house job

   the job was done in-house

Word History and Origins

Origin of in-house¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

The Google parent has made an “AI comeback,” according to Melius analyst Ben Reitzes, and that’s led some investors to be “petrified that Alphabet will win the AI war” with its improved Gemini AI models and in-house tensor processing units, or TPUs.

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The company “has the only team really capable of taking more of its chip design in-house and push its own custom optical circuit switches,” he added.

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The school’s in-house management program, Colburn Artists, aims to shepherd musicians like him toward professional life, helping them build repertoire and shape his image.

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And like Focus Features and Searchlight Pictures before them, those companies are increasingly focusing on in-house productions.

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Rather than licensing software from other companies, it developed its app and other systems in-house.

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