home-grown
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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 is one lesson from this crisis, and only one in my view for the long term on energy policy, and that is that we need home-grown, clean power that we control."
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
"We have home-grown low-carbon energy sources: nuclear and renewables. And together, they can become the joint guarantors of independence, security of supply, and competitiveness -- if we get it right."
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 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
Dinners were always noisy, and they were always abundant with great pots of boiled rice, platters of home-grown vegetables, fish Papa caught.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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