home-improvement
adjective
: being or related to a project to make one's house better, bigger, more modern, etc.
long past time for some home-improvements
Examples of home-improvement in a Sentence
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The detectives hoped to glean valuable information from the suspect: the home-improvement items were clearly going somewhere, and had come from somewhere.
—
Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
That’s fueling the home-improvement market, and in some instances, the for-sale market too.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
The proposal also wants the teams to establish a $5 million loan guarantee fund to provide low-interest auto and home-improvement loans for residents and workers at both stadiums aimed at building wealth in Black and Hispanic communities.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024
Show-goers will also have the opportunity to get home-improvement tips at a number of seminars.
—By Jackie Salo, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
Home Depot reported a decline in third-quarter sales, with consumers pulling back on high-dollar purchases and deferring major home-improvement projects.
—Dean Seal, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
The business drew major customers that included brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev
, home-improvement retailer
Home Depot
and consumer-products suppliers
Procter & Gamble
and
Unilever
.
—Paul Berger, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2023
The genre-bending series follows a newly-married couple — portrayed by Stone and Fielder — who are trying to conceive a child while starring in their own home-improvement show.
—Jaden Thompson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2023
The housing market has played a role in the recent home-improvement slowdown.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN, 9 Sep. 2023
Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
That’s fueling the home-improvement market, and in some instances, the for-sale market too.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
The proposal also wants the teams to establish a $5 million loan guarantee fund to provide low-interest auto and home-improvement loans for residents and workers at both stadiums aimed at building wealth in Black and Hispanic communities.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024
Show-goers will also have the opportunity to get home-improvement tips at a number of seminars.
—By Jackie Salo, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
Home Depot reported a decline in third-quarter sales, with consumers pulling back on high-dollar purchases and deferring major home-improvement projects.
—Dean Seal, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
The business drew major customers that included brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev
, home-improvement retailer
Home Depot
and consumer-products suppliers
Procter & Gamble
and
Unilever
.
—Paul Berger, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2023
The genre-bending series follows a newly-married couple — portrayed by Stone and Fielder — who are trying to conceive a child while starring in their own home-improvement show.
—Jaden Thompson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2023
The housing market has played a role in the recent home-improvement slowdown.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN, 9 Sep. 2023
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“Home-improvement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home-improvement. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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