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  • noun Plural form of homecoming.

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Examples

  • Marthine Schaffer, managing director of Homecoming Revolution, said whereas past "homecomings" had been largely due to people discovering that the "grass was not greener on the other side", many South Africans made redundant amid the recession abroad would have "little choice but to come home".

    IOL: News 2009

  • The long-term lender is Pat Harkin, who found the book of Leon Uris '“QB VII” in a box fully intending to return it during several past homecomings.

    Va. library book returned after 35 years Washington Post Editors 2010

  • The first of 33 rescued Chilean miners have arrived to joyous homecomings following their release from a regional hospital.

    3 Miners Released From Hospital, Possibly All By Weekend cnn.com 2010

  • She anticipated my homecomings and I sickened when imagined her disappointment - hope is such a depressing expectation.

    Misplaced Emotions Foster Trecost 2011

  • The first of 33 rescued Chilean miners have arrived to joyous homecomings following their release from a regional hospital.

    3 Miners Released From Hospital, Possibly All By Weekend cnn.com 2010

  • But I'm somehow and strangely not home here, for all my recent homecomings in the places of my youth.

    Laura Munson: Bittersweet Homecomings Laura Munson 2010

  • But I'm somehow and strangely not home here, for all my recent homecomings in the places of my youth.

    Laura Munson: Bittersweet Homecomings Laura Munson 2010

  • The campus has received noise complaints during past homecomings, but Hurley said he was more upset about the use of profanity.

    College pres. apologizes for Wale lyrics Washington Post editors 2010

  • But I'm somehow and strangely not home here, for all my recent homecomings in the places of my youth.

    Laura Munson: Bittersweet Homecomings Laura Munson 2010

  • My parents made it a point to bring me with them to homecomings and reunions to discuss the importance of having an HBCU education.

    Taylor McCleod: Aim High, Lift Others Higher Taylor McCleod 2011

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