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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of home.

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Examples

  • For the last week or two he's been the official Mars Mascot here at work -- though bless his heart, his several attempts at being "homed" with employees have fallen through.

    July 11th, 2005 2005

  • It also can route traffic appropriately when, for example, a person who is "homed" to Yahoo's servers in India visits the site while in the United States.

    ZDNet Asia Latest Tech News 2009

  • I have a couple of servers, that are dual-homed, meaning they have two independent connections to the internet.

    LinuxQuestions.org 2009

  • I have a couple of servers, that are dual-homed, meaning they have two independent connections to the internet.

    LinuxQuestions.org tinuzz 2009

  • All users are dual-homed, meaning their data is served from two separate locations, so there is a redundant live copy of their data.

    Macworld 2008

  • All users are dual-homed, meaning their data is served from two separate locations, so there is a redundant live copy of their data.

    Macworld 2008

  • European officials have been talking about how they might encourage such deferrals, including through providing "preferred" status to those who agree to defer, protecting them somewhat against the prospect of future losses—but they've also homed in on Greek banks as the most persuadable holders of Greek bonds.

    Greece Shows Challenge of Unifying Europe Stephen Fidler 2011

  • He homed in on that focus and, as things turned out, that was a smart choice, because he ultimately built a successful career, nailing roles in several movies and television series.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • He homed in on that focus and, as things turned out, that was a smart choice, because he ultimately built a successful career, nailing roles in several movies and television series.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • Mr. Schar then homed in on an item Mr. Blagojevich leaked to a columnist in The Chicago Sun-Times in which he said he had met with U.S. Rep.

    Prosecutor, Blagojevich Go Toe-to-Toe in Courtroom Douglas Belkin 2011

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